That's got something to do with reproductions "Right" </sarcasm>
Main Entry: re·pu·di·ate
Pronunciation: ri-'pyü-dE-"At
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -at·ed; -at·ing
Etymology: Latin repudiatus, past participle of repudiare, from repudium rejection of a prospective spouse, divorce, probably from re- + pudEre to shame 1 : to divorce or separate formally from (a woman)
2 : to refuse to have anything to do with : DISOWN
3 a : to refuse to accept; especially : to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force b : to reject as untrue or unjust
4 : to refuse to acknowledge or pay
The problem, as I see it, is that "repudiate" has several meanings, and furthermore that the MSM is taking full advantage of the ambiguity in this particular case-- while they write that the WH "repudiated" the veterans' claims, the WH press transcript clearly indicates a reluctance to do so expressly, and the only way in which the article can be brought into agreement with the facts is by using definition #2 ("to refuse to have anything to do with : DISOWN") whereas that probably is not the definition that most people would associate with the word (just imho-- in my case, I associated the word with definition #3).