"We did well but lost two late goals, and whilst you obviously don't want to lose games, there were a lot of positives, " Ferguson said.

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How do we respond to the father or the mother or the loved one of the next warrior lost in battle who asks, why did you oppose through that resolution the job they were sent to pursue but did absolutely nothing from preventing them from going from the outset?

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"Maybe we did try and play a little too much when we had lost momentum and Ireland will turn you over when you try to do that, " he told BBC Radio 5 live.

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But I want to say emphatically that if the president had not done what he did in support of both Chrysler and General Motors our country would have lost millions of jobs and, you know, the technology in that particular industry allows us to put our foot in a lot of the different industries around the globe.

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