Congressman regrets market remark controversy; Clarifies: Setting, not safety, similar

GREENWOOD, Ind. -- U.S. Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) said he chosehis words poorly when he compared a Baghdad market to one in Indianaafter returning from a two-day trip to Iraq with a delegation offederal lawmakers.

On Monday at a Greenwood Rotary Club meeting, he said he wasreferring to the atmosphere, not the safety of a Baghdad market hevisited when he told the Washington Post it was like a "normaloutdoor market in Indiana in the summertime."

"I actually described the physical setting as …