point referring to the apology tour that the president started shortly after he came into office. there was some back and forth on that. if you missed it, we have 33 seconds of it. watch. >> nothing gov. romney just said is true. starting with this motion of me apologizing. this has been probably the biggest whopper that's been told during the course of this campaign. and every fact checker and every reporter that's looked at it. >> mr. president, the reason i call it an apology tour is because you went to the middle east and you flew to egypt and saudi arabia and to turkey and iraq, and by the way, you skipped israel, our closest friend in the region. but you went to the other nations. and by the way, they noticed that you skipped israel. >> well, it was, he did in his speech, it felt like an an apology, and it really was if you read the text. >> in 2009 when he was in france the president said instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking a partner for you to