U.S. ambassador's apology to Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos speaks with reporters in the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on March 10, 2011, after holding talks with Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima there. Roos visited the island prefecture the same day to apologize over a U.S. State Department official's reported remarks that disparaged people in Okinawa.

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