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David Gergen: This was a very, very set of close calls for President Obama. David Axelrod today said the President, is in the White…

On the recordApril 16, 2009
This was a very, very set of close calls for President Obama. David Axelrod today said the President, is in the White House, a political adviser to the President, said it took President Obama about a month to sort this out.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen reflects on the difficult decisions faced by President Obama regarding the release of interrogation memos.

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