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White House: History will sort out if U.S. should apologize to Japan

By Nicole Duran
Published May 10, 2016 5:59pm ET
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White House: History will sort out if U.S. should apologize to Japan
His May 27 visit to the site of the world’s first nuclear bombing will —œhighlight the remarkable transformation in the relationship between Japan and the United States,—£ Earnest said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) | Carolyn Kaster

The White House ducked questions Tuesday on whether President Obama should apologize for the U.S. bombing of Japan during World War II, and instead said that’s a question historians should sort out.

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