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David Gergen: “To have this kind of factionalism right in the middle of a war really says the president didn't have a grip on this.”

On the recordApril 29, 2007
To have this kind of factionalism right in the middle of a war really says the president didn't have a grip on this.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen critiques President Bush's handling of internal conflicts during the Iraq war.

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