Vice President George H.W. Bush, on the Iran-Contra scandal, in 1986:
“Clearly, mistakes were made.”
Former President Ronald Reagan, on the Iran-Contra scandal, in 1986:
“Mistakes were made.”
President George W. Bush, on the Abu Ghraib scandal, today:
Bush said it was important for “the people of Iraq to know that everything is not perfect. That mistakes are made.”