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The State Department has an accurate
transcript of Bush’s speech in Japan Monday. “… for a
century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great
and enduring alliances of modern times.” Embarrassing as this
gaffe is (wasn’t Bush’s father shot down flying missions over
Japan?), it pales in comparison to the deeply unsettling revisionist history from the White House Press Secretary’s
Office. (“…for half a century now…”)