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To: epicure who wrote (131563)	5/5/2004 4:16:03 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ish said Bush apologized, in the Rose Garden, if I recall. If he didn't actually do it, you'll need to take that up with Ish. I listened to the Bush interview on the Alhurra network. There wasn't anything that resembled an apology. Same "promise" that he made on WMD...."We'll find the truth." jttmab

To: epicure who wrote (131563)	5/5/2004 7:24:40 PM
From: zonkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

said Bush apologized, in the Rose Garden The question of whether junior apologized also came up in the gaggle today. The whole transcript is too long to paste here. Most of it was questions from the press trying to find out when the president first learned about the abuse and McClellen doing his best not to answer the question. Here is the part which deals with the apology (or lack of apology.) The whole briefing is longer than usual so I have deleted most of it. _____________________________ May 5, 2004 Press Briefing by Scott McClellan Q Okay, a simple question. The President had two interviews today the White House set up for Arabic TV networks. In neither did the President apologize. Why was that? MR. McCLELLAN: Well, we've already said that we're sorry for what occurred, and we're deeply sorry to the families and what they must be feeling and going through, as well. The President is sorry for what occurred and the pain that it has caused. It does not represent what America stands for. America stands for much better than what happened. Q He didn't think that was necessary to say in his own voice, with his own words? MR. McCLELLAN: Well, again, he was -- he was addressing the questions that were asked, but we've made it very clear that we are deeply sorry for what occurred. ........ Q Scott, getting back to the apology issue that Mark raised, did you mean to say that the President didn't apologize because -- he didn't address that issue because no one brought it up in either interview? MR. McCLELLAN: Well, we've already said that we are deeply sorry for what occurred. The White House has already said that, on behalf of the President. Q There seems to be a sense, among some Arab scholars and Arab diplomats today that from, at the very least, a cultural standpoint, that it would have gone a long way had the President himself apologized. It's, with all due respect, a little bit different than you or Condoleezza Rice or someone else. If the Arab world had heard him -- heard the President personally apologize, it would have gone a long way. Why did he choose not to use those words? MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I just told you, the President is deeply sorry for what occurred, and the pain that it has caused. Q Why didn't he say so himself? MR. McCLELLAN: The President is deeply sorry for it. And he was pleased to sit down and do these interviews and address the questions that were asked of him. Q Why didn't he say so himself? MR. McCLELLAN: I'm saying it for him right now, Peter. And Condi Rice said it yesterday. We've already made -- the President -- Q -- wasn't what was -- MR. McCLELLAN: No, but go back to the interview. The President made it very clear that what occurred was wrong, and that it does not represent what America stands for. So he made it very clear in those interviews that it was wrong, that we do not stand for that, and that when we -- when that kind of activity comes to our attention, we take action to address it, and make sure that it doesn't happen again. Q There's a distinction, Scott. Q Shouldn't an apology be at the President's forethought, not you saying it? MR. McCLELLAN: April, I'll try to come back to you. Go ahead. whitehouse.gov