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>> when we look at the text of what gates actually said, he said hillary clinton said her politics during the campaign against obama in the caucuses out there, iowa especially, were driven by politics, but she did think the surge worked. then it gets to the president. it doesn't say he conceded or acknowledged his politics -- he was totally against the iraq war, obviously against the surge consistently. the way people are reading this is double barreled. reallitis a shot against hillary, not against obama. >> it's complicated. the surge probably worked because there was an indigenous pushback ...

>> let me get a comment from chris. >> when we look at the text of what gates actually said, he said hillary clinton said her politics during the campaign against obama in the caucuses out there, iowa especially, were driven by politics, but she did think the surge worked. then it gets to the president. it doesn't say he conceded or acknowledged his politics -- he was totally against the iraq war, obviously against the surge consistently. the way people are reading this is double barreled. reallitis a shot against hillary, not against obama. >> it's complicated. the surge probably worked becau...

During the civil rights movement. this is not about republicans versus democrats. these are americans. these are people expressing their view ls. i support islam being able to worship anywhere they choose. there are over 100 mosques in manhattan. we have religious tolerance and religious freedom. i support that. i promote that. that's a core american value. >> reverend -- >> however, the wisdom of this, and to politicize it the way it has been is wrong. it sways the mind of people. we need to understand 3,000 americans lost their lives, republicans and democrats. >> go ahead, scott stringer. >...