"NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams says he has "decided to take myself off of my daily broadcast for the next several days" amid questions over claims to have been under fire in Iraq.
He added in a statement posted on nbcnews.com that "it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions.
Williams, the anchor of "NBC Nightly News," apologized on Wednesday for claiming -- as recently as last week -- that in the early stages of the Iraq War he'd been on a helicopter that was "forced down after being hit by an RPG."
Stars and Stripes reported on Wednesday that "Williams arrived in the area about an hour later on another helicopter," one that "took no fire and landed later beside the damaged helicopter due to an impending sandstorm from the Iraqi desert."
Williams blamed the differing accounts on a foggy memory.
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He added in a statement posted on nbcnews.com that "it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions.
Williams, the anchor of "NBC Nightly News," apologized on Wednesday for claiming -- as recently as last week -- that in the early stages of the Iraq War he'd been on a helicopter that was "forced down after being hit by an RPG."
Stars and Stripes reported on Wednesday that "Williams arrived in the area about an hour later on another helicopter," one that "took no fire and landed later beside the damaged helicopter due to an impending sandstorm from the Iraqi desert."
Williams blamed the differing accounts on a foggy memory.
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