The apology is airing on Fox News channel, though I wish it would have been offered as a press conference instead. Giving Fox this type of platform for an apology to veterans from a leading Democrat is just bad practice.
“To the extent veterans read it as an accusation … an apology is owed,” she said during an on-air interview on FOX News Thursday, a day after veterans’ groups and members of Congress blasted her for the report, which they said libeled members of the armed forces.
“This was an assessment, not an accusation,” Napolitano continued. “It was limited to extremists those who seek to commit violence within the United States. And all this was meant to do was to give law enforcement what we call ‘situational awareness.’”
“The last thing I want to do is offend or castigate all veterans. To the contrary, let’s meet and clear the air,” she said. [...]
Mind you, I could care less what the conservative American Legion has to say on any issue.
However, as I stated before, the writing of the particular portion that linked firearms and returning veterans was wrongly, clumsily written. No doubt the boss told the Secretary to fix it.
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