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On the recordDecember 2, 2012
If people truly want to find a bridge to avoid the fiscal cliff, a way to get to the big issues, as David Walker says would have to come next year, I think they're the makings of it here.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the potential for compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff.

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