I don't think that simply stating the facts and then asking for an apology is enough.
The media won't report the facts, and the request for an aplogy is met with and portrayed as a pathetic attempt at a defense without merit.
The WH has all the facts and it's time that they shove them down the media's throat until they gag...........and die.
Does the WAPO have a press pass to the White House? If yes, pull it until a front page apology is issued and the author of the "story" is fired. But demanding an apology is a good first step, finally some fight-back against the propaganda machines that call themselves media outlets.
I'd start by pulling the WH press passes for all the hacks from CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, NY Times, Wash Post, Time, Newsweek, Helen Thomas, that dumb bitch from the Atlanta Journal......
I know that what I'm proposing is not reasonable, but, neither are the actions of the lame stream press.