David Gergen actually said...

Bob Gates, our outgoing defense secretary, has been in government over 30 years, told me before he left this Iranian problem is the most difficult problem he'd seen in government in over 30 years. The hardest problem to solve. There are no good solutions.

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Gergen discusses the complexity of the Iranian issue as described by Bob Gates.

09/26/2012

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