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On the recordMay 17, 2012
I am going to have to be quick because, first of all, I want to address the issue about the so-called ``open mic incident.'' I do thank Mr. Turner for accurately describing what happened, but he is wrong on one thing, which is that the President did, in fact, respond as to what he meant. He sent a letter to Mr. Turner on April 13, explaining what he meant.
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