To update a previous post, Rep. Pete Stark has issued an apology to President Bush after his comments last week saying that the troops in Iraq are getting their "heads blown of for the President's amusement." Several members of Congress had demanded an apology for the remarks, which Stark originally defended, saying he has no respect for "the commander-in-chief who keeps (the troops) in harm's way nor the chicken hawks in Congress." He now has either come to his senses or someone told how much support the Democrats are losing because of it.
He said in a statement to Congress, "I want to apologize first of all to my colleagues, many of whom I have offended, to the president, his family, to the troops that may have found (offense) in my remarks as were suggested in the motion that we just voted on, and I do apologize. ... With this apology I will become as insignificant as I should be and we can return to the issues that do divide us but that we can resolve."
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