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On the recordNovember 25, 2008
The danger for him is that we've always understood there's an arc of instability and crisis in the world that stretched essentially from Israel, Lebanon, to the Mediterranean, over in to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen outlines the geopolitical challenges Obama will face as president, particularly regarding instability in South Asia.

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