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Ayers Says He Should Apologize for Much, But Won't
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- William Ayers says there are many things he should apologize for but says he won't be saying he's sorry.

The former 1960s radical told about 300 people at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington that he won't defend his past actions. He said he acted against what he called a despicable war in Vietnam.

Ayers was the co-founder of the Vietnam War-era Weather Underground. The group claimed responsibility for bombings that included explosions at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol that didn't kill anyone.

Ayers is an education professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

His associations with Barack Obama became a campaign issue in 2008 when Sarah Palin accused Obama of "palling around with terrorists."

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(William Ayers spoke to a group of Monmouth College students in late-2008. WGIL News File Photo.)
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