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Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan Apologizes in Flint Water Crisis

The New York Times: LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder issued a sweeping apology on Tuesday to the residents of Flint for a contaminated water supply, pledged to promptly release his email about the issue, and laid out more specifics than have previously been known about the state’s handling of the matter.

“I’m sorry, and I will fix it,” Mr. Snyder, a Republican, said in a State of the State address in which he took the unusual step of focusing on a painful issue that has consumed the state in recent weeks, and has drawn condemnation from national politicians. “No citizen of this great state should endure this kind of catastrophe. Government failed you — federal, state and local leaders — by breaking the trust you place in us.”

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