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David Gergen regularly writes the U.S.News & World Report editorial and serves as host and moderator for its public television program, World@Large. Gergen is an honors graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. He has served in the White House as an adviser to four presidents: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and most recently for Bill Clinton as counselor to the president and then as special adviser to the president and the secretary of state.

2003 Columns

The risks of the short view: Mortgaging our future for quick political wins has led more than a few presidents to grief. (12/8/03)

Toughing it out in Iraq: Like it or not, we must go for victory. Prepare to spend more blood and treasure. (11/10/03)

The fierce urgency of Iraq: The stakes are simply too high in Iraq not to do the job there right and to see it through to the end. (10/13/03)

A flame that must not die: Support for AmeriCorps means keeping alive key community programs and the idealism of an entire generation of kids. (7/14/03)

Too clever by half: The tax cuts the White House wants will not jump-start the economy or help those who really need it. But they're darn good politics. (5/26/03)

A sense of proportion: Yes, America dominates the world, but abandoning old friends and adopting a go-it-alone strategy is a sure-fire recipe for disaster. (5/5/03)

A unique, luminous beacon: The courage and conviction of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the thinking man's politician, helped guide our nation to deeper truths. (3/31/03)

Needed: cooler heads: No matter how much America spends on defense, we cannot win the battle against terrorism without European governments. (2/24/03)