Obama Apologizes for Botched Military Operation; Takes No Questions

President Obama acknowledged the information released by his administration this morning that an American counterterrorism operation against Al-Qaeda mistakenly killed two innocent hostages.

Information about the operation was released suddenly this morning by the White House, followed by a brief statement delivered personally by Obama.

“It is a cruel and bitter truth that in the fog of war generally and our fight against terrorist specifically, mistakes, sometimes deadly mistakes can occur,” Obama explained in the White House press briefing room.

He said al-Qaeda was hiding the two hostages – one American and one Italian – in the compound tar