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 Did You Hear Him Make An Apology? - White House Press Briefing by Robert Gibbs 7/24/09 — Sunday, July 26, 2009 — Q Robert, from listening to him it sure sounded like he had made an apology to the officer. Wouldn't it be fair to characterize it as that? MR. GIBBS: I think he -- Steve, I think he understood that, as he told you all, that his words contributed to this being ratcheted up. I mean, I think there's a reason that the news media is on the Sergeant's lawn. I think -- and he wanted to make sure that -- to let him know that that word choice was not one that he thought was probably, in hindsight, the best choice. Q Were you in the room during the call? MR. GIBBS: Yes. Q Did you hear him issue an apology? MR. GIBBS: I'm -- Q We're not asking -- Q Don't make us parse this -- [Cross-talk.] MR. GIBBS: You don't have to parse it, you can quote me and you can quote him. You don't have to parse -- Q But we're not asking you to characterize his remarks -- MR. GIBBS: No, I understand. Q -- we're asking what you heard. MR. GIBBS: I feel comfortable with the answer I just gave Steve. Q But did you hear him make an apology? MR. GIBBS: I'm not going to get -- if the President doesn't want to characterize it in a conversation he's having with you all, I'm not going to get ahead of him. [...] MR. GIBBS: Lester. Q Robert, just for clarification, the President has actually apologized to that Cambridge police sergeant, hasn't he? MR. GIBBS: Lester, I think I answered this three times for -- Q Can you just tell us yes or no? MR. GIBBS: I feel comfortable with -- I feel comfortable with my answer. Gaffes | President Obama | Press Briefing | Robert Gibbs | White House Press Corps Labels: Gaffes, President Obama, Press Briefing, Robert Gibbs, White House Press Corps >> Full Story
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