In Mexico, U.S. Religious Leader Says He's Requested Meeting With Venezuel

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Venezuelan President to Apologize for Colleague's Remarks

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBWEHQQUCE.html

MEXICO CITY (AP) - The leader of a U.S. evangelical association said Friday he may be close to personally apologizing to Venezuela's president for religious broadcaster Pat Robertson's remarks that the United States should assassinate Hugo Chavez.

Ted Haggard, president of the Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Evangelicals, told The Associated Press that a woman "friend" of Chavez had agreed to request the encounter following a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Haggard on Friday morning in Mexico City.

Haggard said he expected to have an answer in a couple of days. He said the woman, who lives in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, requested that her identity not be revealed.

"She is going to go to Caracas and see if this meeting will take place," Haggard said in a telephone interview.

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1. OK, that's nice. But what about Liarson himself?

Has he apologized to Chavez? And his recent "recant" doesn't count. He didn't back off anything. If anything, it bave him a chance to throw in a few more digs to Chavez like "Dictator", "strongman".

Also, has the White House apologized?