For those of you unfamiliar with the quote, it's from Ron Ziegler, Richard Nixon's Press Secretary.
McClellan Backs Away from Claims that 'Newsweek' Story Cost Afghan Lives
By E&P Staff Published: May 24, 2005 1:10 PM ET
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000930917
NEW YORK At a White House press briefing Monday, Press Secretary Scott McClellan, pressed by reporters and with Afghan President Karzai in disagreement, retreated on claims that Newsweek's retracted story on Koran abuse cost lives in Afghanistan. He also claimed that he had never said it did, even though a check of transcripts disputes that. On May 16, for example, he said, "people have lost their lives." On May 17, he said, "People did lose their lives," and, "People lost their lives" due to the Newsweek report.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
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