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Simply Put, The Public’s View Can’t Be Put Simply

by Andrew Kohut, Director <Br/> Special to The Washington Post

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Simply Put, The Public’s View Can’t Be Put Simply

by Andrew Kohut, Director <Br/> Special to The Washington Post

Ask a pollster if there is public support for war with Iraq and the answer is likely to be “yes.” Ask reporters doing man-in-the-street interviews or traveling around the country, and they are likely to say “no.”…

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