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On the recordMay 18, 2011
Look, I made two mistakes. First of all, if you go back and listen to the question David Gregory asked me, I should have said I'm not going to answer it. It's a hypothetical baloney question that had no hope of happening. The second was some of the words I used. But I was trying to say something that's really important. We are at the beginning of a process of solving the entitlement problems in the United States. These are enormous challenges. I believe deeply that the American people have to be an integral part of it. I think that what Paul Ryan has done is he has started that process.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich reflects on his previous comments regarding Medicare and acknowledges mistakes in his response.

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