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On the recordAugust 17, 2010
Most Americans think it was not. But I think we're far better off than we were, say, three or four years ago, before Chet Crocker (ph) went there and we got a new strategy, we got the surge. I think this is a milestone tonight and that, John, a lot of military families and their parents are extremely pleased that we're not sending more troops there to fight.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen reflects on public sentiment regarding the Iraq war and acknowledges the milestone of troop withdrawal.

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