Debate comments about Afghanistan 'misconstrued': Mayor Pete Buttigieg

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NEW: Pete Buttigieg tells GStephanopoulos his comments about the Afghanistan war during the ABC News Democratic debate are being misconstrued: 'I did not say the U.S. started war. What I'm saying is the lesson is that wars are difficult to end.'

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos that his comments about Afghanistan during Thursday night's ABC News Democratic debate are being misconstrued.

The tail end of that remark prompted the Wall Street Journal to claim that the mayor said the United States started the war.

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