"making it the first known iftar at the White House, more than 200 years ago." -- Barack Obama, speaking on August 14, 2010, at the "Annual Iftar Dinner" at the White House"
The politicians habit of economy with the truth or stretching the facts to fit the politically correct flexible rhetoric is not lost on dear ole Barack Obama. When a politician uses actual truth it is either a mistake, (for which he later apologizes) or by some strange quirk of fate, it actually fits the politics he represents.