Obama re-apologizes for 'wasted' lives remark

Insists weekend statement on killed U.S. troops was 'a slip of the tongue'

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Obama apologies for saying soldiers' lives 'wasted'
Feb. 13: The Atlantic magazine's Josh Green and Chicago Tribune's James Warren talk MSNBC-TV's Natalie Morales about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama apologizing for saying the lives of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war were “wasted.”

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updated 4:38 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2007

NASHUA, N.H. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is apologizing again for saying the lives of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war were "wasted."

During a campaign trip to Iowa over the weekend, the Illinois senator told a crowd: "We now have spent 400 (b) billion dollars and have seen over three-thousand lives of the bravest young Americans wasted."

He immediately apologized, saying the remark was "a slip of the tongue."

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During an appearance Monday in New Hampshire, Obama apologized again, telling reporters he'd meant to criticize the civilian leadership of the war, not those serving in the military.

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Obama said it was not his intent to diminish "the enormous courage and sacrifice" of American troops.

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