Symbolically very, very important. It's a grim beginning to the New Year, a faithful year for this president and for this war. And I think it makes it much tougher as the president faces his vow to come to the country and try and persuade the public that he's got the right plan for victory.
Gergen discusses the significance of the 3,000 American lives lost in Iraq and its impact on President Bush's strategy.
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I think the signs are just as Margaret says. They are saying that he is increasingly interested. Strikingly, Anderson, his interest seems to intensify when he sees Biden in trouble.
We're entering some kind of the most dangerous days of Donald Trump's presidency. He is erratic.
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