On the recordJuly 24, 2008
No, I don't believe in the U.S. apologizing. We've made some mistakes, as I said, I think the war in Iraq was a mistake. We didn't keep our eye on the ball in Afghanistan. But hindsight is 20/20.
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transcripts.cnn.com“No, I don't believe in the U.S. apologizing. We've made some mistakes, as I said, I think the war in Iraq was a mistake. We didn't keep our eye on the ball in Afghanistan. But hindsight is 20/20.”
Barack Obama addresses the idea of the U.S. apologizing for its foreign policy mistakes.
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