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Obama Says Clinton Meant No Offense in RFK Comment

Posted May 24, 08 9:48 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Barack Obama said today that he believes Hillary Clinton meant no harm when she made her much-maligned comment about Robert Kennedy's assassination, the Chicago Tribune reports. "Sen. Clinton says that she did not intend any offense by it, and I will take her at her word on that," he told a Puerto Rico radio station. Clinton has apologized for noting that RFK was shot in June, a remark that set off a firestorm given the concerns over Obama's security.

"I have learned that when you are campaigning for as many months as Sen. Clinton and I have been campaigning, sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make, and I think that is what happened here," said Obama.

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with supporters during a campaign stop in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 24, 2008.   (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks with reporters after leaving Puerto Rico aboard his plane en route to Chicago Saturday, May 24, 2008.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks with reporters after leaving Puerto Rico aboard his plane en route to Chicago Saturday, May 24, 2008.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
News videographers and supporters surround Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., after a campaign rally in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Saturday, May 24, 2008.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
A young supporter holds a sign during a campaign rally for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Saturday, May 24, 2008.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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