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"&lt;strong&gt;Matt Lauer&lt;/strong&gt; is holding his ground against &lt;strong&gt;Kanye West&lt;/strong&gt; -- claiming he stands by his recent interview with the rapper ... despite Kanye's allegations that Matt manipulated him into showing remorse for &lt;strong&gt;George W. Bush&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"Matt Lauer and Kanye West\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/11/11/1111-kanye-west-matt-lauer-tmz-bn-2-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kanye flipped out on Twitter yesterday -- after \"&lt;strong&gt;Today&lt;/strong&gt;\" aired a clip of the interview -- claiming Lauer \"tried to force\" his answers during Tuesday's sit-down ... in which the rapper said, \"I would tell George Bush, in my moment of frustration that I didn't have the grounds to call him a racist.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Lauer stood by his interview -- which addressed the rapper's famous post-Katrina remark that Bush \"doesn't care about black people\" -- airing the entire segment this morning to prove that nothing was taken out of context.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kanye is scheduled to return to \"Today\" for a performance on November 26th -- and sources at the show tell us they're still expecting the rapper to show up.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/11/11/1111-today-clip-2-credit.jpg\" alt=\"1111_TODAY_CLIP_2\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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