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Obama Apologizes, Sort Of, For Hiroshima (2016)

Published: May 26, 2022, 12:25 p.m.

It\u2019s May 26th. This day in 2016, President Obama offered remarks at a memorial ceremony in Hiroshima, Japan.

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Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss Obama\u2019s speech, whether it constituted a proper acknowledgment of the US\u2019s use of nuclear weapons, and how Obama grappled with the political dimensions of his \u201capology tour.\u201d

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