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I've been imperfect father, Obama tells daughters

US President Barack Obama has written a letter for his daughters on the occasion of Father's Day, saying that he could not be a perfect father. "I know I have been an imperfect father. I know I have made mistakes," he wrote.

Updated on: Jun 21, 2009, 09:22:27 IST
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US President Barack Obama has written a letter for his daughters on the occasion of Father's Day on Sunday, saying that he could not be a perfect father.

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"I know I have been an imperfect father. I know I have made mistakes," said Obama in the letter that will be published in a magazine reported people.com

"I drove Michelle and newborn Malia home from the hospital nearly 11 years ago and I think about the pledge I made to her that I would give her what I never had. And that if I could be anything in life, I would be a good father," he added.

Obama has two daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, eight.

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