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On the recordDecember 4, 2012
I think the country is getting tired of watching two sides say, you go first, no, no, you go first.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen comments on the stalemate in negotiations and the need for leadership to resolve the impasse.

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