Barack Obama actually said...

I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put the mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right the people had that dates back to our founding.

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Obama clarifies that his comments were about the right to build the mosque, not the decision itself.

08/15/2010

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