Obama calls California attorney general to apologize

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama called California Attorney General Kamala Harris Thursday night to apologize for calling her "by far the best-looking attorney general in the country" during a fundraising trip, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
"They are old friends, and good friends, and he did not in any way want to diminish the attorney general@@@s accomplishments and capabilities," Carney said.
Commentators from both sides of the aisle had objected to Obama@@@s statement, which came during his remarks at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser on Thursday in Atherton, California.
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