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David Gergen: It may not work, but there's no percentage in actually increasing the number of troops.

On the recordDecember 6, 2006
It may not work, but there's no percentage in actually increasing the number of troops.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen explains the implications of disengagement versus troop escalation in Iraq.

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