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Gave this explanation for leaving it out. slavery was a vile and horrific practice that i am delighted was wiped off the face of this country. i didn't mention it solely because i was trying to keep the focus on the war aspects of it. >> the governor says he is now adding language to the proclamation to include saying, quote, it is important for all virginiaians to understand that the institution of slavery led to the civil war and was an evil and unhumane practice, kiran. >> could have saved himself a lot of trouble if he would have said that in the proclamation. >> not something that any pol...

And so i didn't mention it solely because i was trying to keep the focus on really the war aspects of it. >> reporter: governor mcdonnell said he's now adding language to the proclamation to include saying, quote, it is important for all virginians to understand that the institution of slavery led to the civil war and was an evil and inhumane practice. kate bolduan, cnn, washington. i want to show you what we call a word bubble. you've probably seen these before. it's a -- it's a way of drawing a statement that someone has made, a speech or a proclamation, and showing you which words were us...

Out. >> slavery was an absolute abomination on this nation. it was a horrific practice that i'm delighted is wiped off the face of this country. so i didn't mention it solely because i was trying to keep the focus on the war aspects of it. >> reporter: kate bolduan, cnn washington. a short time ago, i spoke with former virginia governor, doug wilder, who was the first african-american governor ever elected to serve as a governor. governor wilder, welcome to you? >> campbell, always good being with you. wish you were back here in richmond. >> sometimes i do too. tonight, before we get to gove...

Complaining refuse to look at anything. they're one-sided. they need -- they're the people that need confederate history education more than anybody. >> reporter: earlier mcdonald gave this explanation for leaving slavery out. >> slavery was an absolute "american idol" bomb nation on this nation. it was a vial and horrific practice that i'm delighted is wiped off the face of this country. and so i didn't mention it solely because i was trying to keep the focus on really the war aspects of it. >> governor mcdonald says he's now adding language to the proclamation to include saying, quote, it is...

Practice that i'm delighted has been wiped off the face of this country, and so i didn't mention it solely because i was trying to keep the focus on really the war aspects of it. >> now, governor mcdonnell issued a lengthy statement late today saying not including any reference to slavery was a mistake. he's also apologizing for offending any virginians, and he is also revising the proclamation to include this. it would say, it is important for all virginians to understand that the institution of slavery led to this war and was an evil and inhumane practice that deprived people of their god-gi...