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General News 2/27/2009 at 5:35 PM EST H2'ed 2/27/09

Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was A Bold-Faced Lie - Digs Hole With Spin

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A Jindal spokeswoman has admitted that the story he recounted to millions in the GOP rebuttal to Obama's State of the Union was a lie. Now it seems Jindal's office is digging its own grave trying to spin the un-spinnable.

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