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Joe Biden Fudging Bob Woodruff Story?

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Is Sen. Joe Biden using some creative license as he makes his media rounds detailing how he tried to warn ABC anchorman Bob Woodruff before he was seriously wounded in Iraq not to travel with Iraqi military units?

If not, the Delaware Democrat might want to explain why he's changed his story.

On Monday, Biden told radio host Don Imus that he most definitely warned Woodruff about the perils of traveling with Iraqi soldiers.

In quotes picked up by the Hotline, Biden explained:

"I was with Bob in Israel at the King David Hotel as ... I was going to the States and he was going to Iraq and, I swear to God, I had [this] conversation with him ... And I talked about how don't hang out with the Iraq forces - they're not equipped they're not prepared, they're not capable. Don't put yourself in that position.'

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"Literally," Biden continued, "it was just erie when I heard he was so badly injured. Because we literally, literally, for 10 minutes before he headed to the plane and I headed to another plane, talked about being careful in Iraq and how the Iraqi forces weren't equipped or prepared to do the job and then here he's in an Iraqi vehicle."

However, two days later while appearing on CNN's "The Situation Room," Biden modified his account, saying that he had intended to warn Woodruff about traveling with Iraqi units, but now felt guilty because he failed to do so.

In an audio clip played yesterday by radio host Rush Limbaugh [which has curiously gone un-transcribed by CNN or Lexis Nexis], Biden unburdened his guilty conscience to host Wolf Blitzer.

"I mean, I feel guilty that I didn't say to [Woodruff] what I started to say, which was, 'and don't go with the Iraqis. Don't get in any of their convoys. They are not equipped. They are not capable. They're much more vulnerable than we are.'"

So which is it? Did Biden warn Woodruff about traveling with Iraqi units or not?

As Limbaugh noted yesterday, Woodruff is still on the ventilator and unavailable to confirm which version of Biden's story is correct.

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