Ben Carson's campaign says he met with General Westmoreland in February, not May

And another part of the Politico hit piece on Ben Carson and West Point goes poof.

Carson’s campaign is now saying he met with General Westmoreland in February of 1969, not May of 1969 as was outlined in Carson’s book, “Gifted Hands.” This means there’s an error in the book, but Politico was insinuating that the meeting with Westmoreland never happened, which meant that a nomination to West Point offered by Westmoreland was therefore impossible:

@BuzzFeedAndrew @detroitnews in #MTPDaily Carson manager said Carson was with Westmoreland at Feb banquet

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) November 7, 2015

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/662794381729136640

@BuzzFeedAndrew @detroitnews that's what they are saying. He conflated May and Feb

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) November 7, 2015

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/662797902918639616

Now somebody needs to tell Joe Scarborough:

General Westmoreland's schedule shows Carson's story about meeting him is also not true.

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) November 6, 2015

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