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David Gergen: Water boarding is flat-out torture. We just ought to accept that as something that the United States should not do.

On the recordApril 15, 2009
Water boarding is flat-out torture. We just ought to accept that as something that the United States should not do.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen asserts that waterboarding is torture and that the U.S. should not engage in such practices.

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