Barack Obama: “I have to tell you that that thing -- that part of it, I disagree…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2009

I have to tell you that that thing -- that part of it, I disagree with.

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President Obama disagrees with the notion that he should not have commented on the incident as it is a local issue.

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