U.S. commander apologizes to Okinawa governor over comments

NAHA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Earl Hailston (L), U.S. military commander in Okinawa Prefecture, apologizes to Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) on Feb. 8 over his description of the governor and other local officials as ''nuts and wimps.'' Hailston used the derogatory remarks in an e-mail he sent to 13 U.S. officers in Okinawa on Jan. 23 in connection with the response of the prefectural assembly to an indecent act by a U.S. Marine in the town of Kin in northern Okinawa on Jan. 9.

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