OTTAWA -- U.S. Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano is trying to make amends with Canada for erroneously saying that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists entered the United States through Canada.
Napolitano traveled to Canada for the first time on Wednesday to discuss security issues with Canadian Minister of Public Safety Peter Van Loan.
Napolitano caused an uproar in Canada last month for saying in an interview that the Sept. 11 terrorists crossed from Canada. The Sept. 11 commission found that none came through Canada. But other extremists have, such as the would-be millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam.
Napolitano said she regrets that the Canadian media only seem to hear her earlier misstatement _ and she wants to move on.
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