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Reginald Dale, director of the Transatlantic Media Network, appeared on CNN's Situation Room, "How Europeans See Bush."
June 11, 2008

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Transatlantic Media Network

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Reginald Dale

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WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Happening now, a member of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team steps down. We'll get Obama's reaction, take a fresh look at the controversy that drove Jim Johnson out.

Also this hour, John McCain gets new flak over Iraq. Democrats are pouncing on his latest remark about troop withdrawals. I'll ask a top McCain ally, Republican Mitt Romney, to weigh in on this and more.

And the president opens up about his regrets. On his farewell tour of Europe, Mr. Bush acknowledges something he could have done better in the leadup to the war. [...]

REGGIE DALE, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: The European population as a whole did think that he hadn't exhausted diplomacy. And they also did not like this whole idea of preemptive action.

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