Has the United States ever officially apologised for Hiroshima?

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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1DC1F38F93BA35757C0A963958260 Published: April 8, 1995 President Clinton said today that the United States owed Japan no apology for dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II, and that President Harry S. Truman had made the right decision to use the bombs. May 15 07, 10:47 AM

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http://www.asiaquarterly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=40 "And on August 15, Koizumi issued carefully worded statements that indicated “deep remorse” for the events of the past and “sincere condolences” to those who suffered because of those events. “We have caused great pain and suffering to other nations, particularly our Asian neighbors, during the war,” he said. Although Koizumi’s statements were meant to mollify Japan’s critics, the visit to Yasukuni (which appealed to a domestic right-wing constituency) counter-balanced any goodwill created by conciliatory rhetoric. In short, despite Koizumi’s initial boldness, his ultimate actions reaffirmed the deliberately ambiguous pattern of his predecessors, in which cautious conciliation is paired with actions that predictably provoke outrage from Japan’s neighbors." In short -- expecting an apology from Japan is not a good bet. May 15 07, 2:27 PM