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Obama calls Crowley to quell Gates storm

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the incident with Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s and Cambridge police officer, Friday, July 24, 2009, in the White House pressroom in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the incident with Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s and Cambridge police officer, Friday, July 24, 2009, in the White House pressroom in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

By Joseph Weber

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The Washington Times

Friday, July 24, 2009

President Obama said Friday he has reached out to the Boston-area police officer whom he said said acted “stupidly” when he arrested a black Harvard professor trying to get into his home.

“As I said before Sgt. [James] Crowely is an outstanding police officer and a good man,” the president said. “The phone call confirmed that. I am aware I gave the impression my words maligned Sgt. Crowley.”

TWT RELATED STORIES:
• Gates remark steals focus for Obama
• Police union asks Obama to apologize

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Joseph Weber

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Joseph Weber is a congressional reporter, his first job upon coming to Washington in 1992. Mr. Weber joined The Washington Times in 2002 as a metro desk editor and ran the section for several years, working on such stories as the Virginia Tech massacre, the Supreme Court case on the District’s handgun law, the D.C. snipers and the 2008 presidential ...

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