Dana Perino Can't Remember The Last Time The Press Asked Her About Iraq
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino was on "Fox & Friends" this morning and host Brian Kilmeade asked her when the last time was that she'd been asked about Iraq in the White House press briefing. Perino said, "I don't remember having sustained questions about Iraq" (though she said that "maybe there'd be a one-off") and said she hadn't had to respond to questioning on the Iraq war "since probably early December." Wow. Go get 'em, D.C. Press Corps! Kilmeade also asked her about John McCain's "100 years" in Iraq comment, and asked about the planned long-term relationship between the U.S. and Iraq; Perino sidestepped neatly by instead invoking America's long-term relationships with Japan and Germany. She also noted that the White House was going to be requesting an additional $108 billion in Iraq War funding soon. Amazing what a lame duck prez can put on the agenda, ain't it? Watch:
UPDATE: Wow - our brethren at 23/6 have gone over the transcript and have uncovered just how bad Perino's memory is — turns out she's been asked about Iraq pretty recently...like, the day before she gave that interview.
Note: This post has been updated to include Perino's "one-off" comment above, to further clarify her response.

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | March 6, 2008 07:16 PM