rÜdiger bormann -- the german parliament debated the issue on wednesday. >> a defense minister on theefensive. a militate -- a humiliating appearance before parliament. >> what kind of pathetic example is that? team to acquire your doctorate. [applause] >> dr. guttenberg, he said that you want to be measured by the same standards that apply to others. if that is true, you should not be sitting there today. he ould he sign. [applause] dr. guttenberg has refused to resign. >> if one has the strength to apologize for one's mistakes in public, it does not necessarily have to have political repercussions. [applause] >> during an earlier parliamentary grilling, guttenberg was repentant. oncegain acknowledging that he had made a grave errors. >> i was certainly a brash enough to believe that i could succeed in squaring the circle. as a father of small children, i could combine my political and academic work. >> the opposition says the scandal has weakened guttenberg, especially now that his degree has been rebuffed. >> the government in new zealand has confirmed that 71 people were killedn t

rÜdiger bormann -- the german parliament debated the issue on wednesday. >> a defense minister on thedefensive. a militate -- a humiliating appearance before parliament. >> what kind of pathetic example is that? team to acquire your doctorate. [applause] >> dr. guttenberg, he said that you want to be measured by the same standards that apply to others. if that is true, you should not be sitting there today. he should have resigned. [applause] dr. guttenberg has refused to resign. >> if one has the strength to apologize for one's mistakes in public, it does not necessarily have to have political repercussions. [applause] >> during an earlier parliameary grilling, guttenberg was repentant. once again acknowledging that he had made a grave errors. >> i was certainly a brash enough to believe that i could succeed in squaring the circle. as a father of small children, i could combine my political and academic work. >> the opposition says the scandal has weakened guttenberg, especially now that his degree has been rebuffed. >> the government in new zealand has confirmed that 71 people were