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Obama takes blame for strike that killed two hostages

President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that an American and an Italian hostage were accidentally killed in a covert US counter-terrorism operation near the Afghan-Pakistan border in January, taking "full responsibility" for the tragedy.

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