Well, if you haven't heard, the WH recently denied that a bust of Winston Churchill, which was given as a gift by the British government in tribute to the victims of 9/11 during George W. Bush's time in office, was promptly returned by president Barack Hussein Obama when he assumed office (control).
Amazingly, the state-run press (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, NPR, etc.) have been trying to claim Mitt Romney mentioning U.K. headlines critical of security preparedness for the London Olympic games is a huge gaffe and a of great offense to the British.
Ironically (or diabolically), it was the Obama Administration that insulted both the British and the American people by his petulant act of returning a gift that was meant in tribute for all of the victims of 9/11.
Recently, Charles Krauthammer took the WH to task regarding this gross hypocrisy. The WH initially denied that the bust had been returned, when, in fact, it had been returned for the aforementioned reasons. This knowledge has been well-reported for several years now.
Miraculously, Krauthammer managed to squeeze a retraction and an apology from Assistant to the President of the United States and the White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer:
Yesterday following his column, I sent the following email to Charles Krauthammer. Charles asked that I make the email public and I have agreed.
Charles,
I take your criticism seriously and you are correct that you are owed an apology. There was clearly an internal confusion about the two busts and there was no intention to deceive. I clearly overshot the runway in my post. The point I was trying to make – under the belief that the Bust in the residence was the one previously in the Oval Office-- was that this oft repeated talking point about the bust being a symbol of President Obama's failure to appreciate the special relationship is false. The bust that was returned was returned as a matter of course with all the other artwork that had been loaned to President Bush for display in his Oval Office and not something that President Obama or his Administration chose to do. I still think this is an important point and one I wish I had communicated better.
A better understanding of the facts on my part and a couple of deep breaths at the outset would have prevented this situation. Having said all that, barring a miracle comeback from the Phillies I would like to see the Nats win a world series even if it comes after my apology
Thanks,
Dan Pfeiffer
Kudos, Charles Krauthammer!
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