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The RAIMD protest went off swimmingly at CU. They gentlefolks at RAIMD even managed to get a few folks to pledge to ask Madeleine Albright by what moral calculation she decided the extermination of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi babies was worth the cost of US foreign policy, and one of them came through.And, believe it or not, she apologized.

Not, of course, for her culpability in the murder of said babies, but for, y’know, mentioning it in public.

From the Campus Press:

In a question and answer session after Albright’s speech, a young man directly asked Albright to comment on the issue. The former secretary of state responded saying that she cannot justify the death of 500,000 children. She said sanctions always exclude food and medical supplies, and the fault falls on the head of Saddam Hussein, who denied the supplies Iraqi children.

Albright expressed regrets for her comment on 60 Minutes.

“It was the dumbest statement I’ve ever made,” Dr. Albright said. “And if there’s anyone in this audience who has never said anything they regret, I think you should stand now. It is something I regret deeply.”

Kate O’Flaherty, a junior environmental studies major, said she enjoyed the speech.

“I thought she did an excellent job,” O’Flaherty said. “And I was impressed when she admitted when she made mistakes.”