On the contrary. He claimed to be taken out of context but his words from taken straight from his statement.
“White House stood idly by when a blogger for Foreign Policy incorrectly claimed that General David Petraeus said something similar during a classified Pentagon briefing in January that was forwarded to the White House. Testimony by Petraeus before the Senate Armed Services committee was also widely mischaracterized in the tumult. But when close Obama advisor and political hack David Axelrod was asked directly on ABC’s “This Week” whether the libel concerning danger to U.S. personnel was true, he did not deny it, and instead heaped more calumny on Israel.
The White House allowed Petraeus to dangle in the wind for several days while critics from the left and right assailed him for comments he never made. He clarified the situation in a press briefing, phoned Israel’s friendly and cooperative Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, and even sent Ashkenazi a supportive blog post by writer Max Boot.
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http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/obamas_ire_not_us_interests_di_1.html
“But on Wednesday, Petraeus poured cold water on the controversy, explaining in detail why “all three items...were wrong, frankly.” “
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/25/petraeus-sets-the-record-strai/print