Posted on 04/16/2009 12:24:26 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano apologized to veterans in a FOX News interview after a DHS report labeled returning troops at risk for embracing right-wing extremism.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano apologized to veterans after a report issued by her department said troops returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were at risk for being recruited by right-wing extremists.
"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.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
“To the extent veterans read it as an accusation ... an apology is owed,”
Yet again they say “I’m sorry you weren’t bright enough to grasp my meaning.”
This is a non-apology apology. An apology BEGINS, “I apologize for”. Not admitting “one is owed...”.
Put this together with Obama telling soldiers to pay for their own medical care...
Typical mealy-mouthed Dem apology. Sorry if you took it a bad way, old chap.
Too late Janet ... the cat is out of the bag and we ALL know what you really thing ... and mean to do
What’s the deal where Democrat chicks named Janet have to look like guys?
That's some apology there, Janet. It sorta sounds like you are apologizing for the reader's reading-comprehension problems.
Napolitano you dike-looking biotch...apology NOT accepted.
And what of the American muslims who've been "enraged" by the American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan AND who have gone abroad for training with Al Qaeda SINCE 9-11-2001?!
We have convictions of such persons in America. They happened under the Bush administration. Will we continue to see such prosecutions?
That is nice of her...however, I wish there was a way to find out if she did it because the guilt was killing her or because it was political. I think that sometimes people say stupid things even our beloved conservatives say stupid things from time to time. Hey she apologized...John Murtha has not! Do we take that into consideration at all? As Christians what do we do with this situation????
>”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.’”
Wow - Talk about talking-down to someone.
Another “gift” from the former Barry Goldwater state. What a dykeputz!
Liar liar liar liar
She said what she meant and meant what she said.
How about, you clean out your desk and get the hell out of town?
hag
That list was nothing less than
“these are the people that our administration is going to target to use force against”
and it’s no coincidence that that list contained conservative issues.
The most telling thing for me is when she said if she could change anything, she would remove the footnote.
Really, Janet? You mean that footnote that clearly defines who you meant by “right wing extremist?” The one that accidentally told everyone exactly what your department meant?
Um. No. Sorry they were caught?
Yes.
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