AW sends me this screen grab of Fox News, which is the headline on FoxNews.com right now.

The irony is that the military won’t comment without a unit designation and time frame, and Fox News spoke to the Captain that Obama cited and he confirms he told Obama’s campaign the story being referenced. Not only that, but other folks have looked into this and found out that this is a more common occurrence than people like to talk about. I give you Phil Carter, who’s actually served in our current mission, and he relates other anecdotes as well. ABC News also confirmed the story, though I was reluctant to link to them without other confirmation.

Update: I corrected one detail above, that the captain spoke to the campaign, not Obama himself, about this. As Obama himself said, he heard from a captain, but didn’t speak to him.