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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Ted Strickland said he would welcome Iraqi refugees to Ohio, clarifying his comments last week were meant to express frustration with President Bush instead of the people displaced by the war.
The Democrat told The Associated Press last week he was not inclined to accommodate any refugees because doing so would help bail out the president.
"I am sympathetic to the plight of the innocent Iraqi people who have fled that country," he said. "However, I would not want to ask Ohioans to accept a greater burden than they already have borne for the Bush administration's failed policies."
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