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	<title><![CDATA[White House On Iraq: 'We've Thrown Out The Rose-Colored Glasses']]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/07/white-house-on-iraq-weve_n_95503.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Earlier today, Deputy Press Secretary <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080407-3.html">Tony Fratto made a startling admission</a>, suggesting that, at some point in the past, the White House regarded the events in Iraq with undue optimism:</p>

<blockquote>Q Also, how does this latest violence in Iraq and the latest uncertainty about what's going on color the Petraeus-Crocker testimony this time around? It obviously has changed the equation. I mean, weeks ago it looked like the surge was -- you know, had this pretty rosy cast, and now...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-04-15T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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