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On the recordMay 18, 2011
Look, I made two mistakes. First of all, if you 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.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich discusses his response to a question about Medicare and acknowledges his mistakes.

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