Clinton misstates wife's Bosnia tale (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 04/11/2008 - 3:27pm

Former U.S.<br /><br />President Bill Clinton speaks at the unveiling ceremony of a statue of former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Capitol building in San Juan, Monday, April 7, 2008.<br /><br />Clinton is traveling across Puerto Rico in a visit aimed at rallying support for his wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid.<br /><br />The U.S. Caribbean territory will hold a Democratic primary on June 1 that could help decide the race for the nomination between Sen.<br /><br />Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama, even though Puerto Ricans cannot vote in the general presidential election.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Former President Clinton has added to the falsehoods surrounding his wife's tale of her trip to Bosnia 12 years ago.

In Indiana on Thursday, Bill Clinton defended his wife's mistake in claiming that she landed under sniper fire in Bosnia, accusing the media of treating her like "she'd robbed a bank" for confusing the facts.




 

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