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Greenberg Carville Shrum (GCS) is an American political campaign strategy group. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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  3. "A campaign in Bolivia that's made in America - The Boston Globe". archive.boston.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. Forero, Juan. "The (American) Selling of the (Bolivian) President, 2002". nytimes.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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