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Everybody reports that when Jiang defended the suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests as necessary to preserving his country's stability, Clinton stated that on human rights, China is "on the wrong side of history."
Native American groups hate the Chop, but former President Jimmy Carter defended it in 1991: "With the Braves on top, we have a brave, courageous and successful team, and I think we can look on the American Indians as brave, successful and attractive.
Book Review Editor Charles McGrath defended delivering the spike to Cronin's piece: "I didn't like the tone of the review--I thought it was too snarky.
The comments were condemned by the Reform party chairman, but were defended by the party's Minnesota chairman.
On Fox News Sunday , Steven Brill defended Clinton's silence as a legal tactic to avoid a libel suit.