Posted on 09/10/2012 9:29:24 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
President Obama is touting his foreign policy experience on the campaign trail, but startling new statistics suggest that national security has not necessarily been the personal priority the president makes it out to be. It turns out that more than half the time, the commander in chief does not attend his daily intelligence meeting.
The Government Accountability Institute examined President Obamas schedule from the day he took office until mid-June 2012, to see how often he attended his Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) the meeting at which he is briefed on the most critical intelligence threats to the country. During his first 1,225 days in office, Obama attended his PDB just 536 times or 43.8 percent of the time. During 2011 and the first half of 2012, his attendance became even less frequent falling to just over 38 percent. By contrast, Obamas predecessor, George W. Bush almost never missed his daily intelligence meeting.
I asked National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor about the findings, and whether there were any instances where the president attended the intelligence meeting that were not on his public schedule. Vietor did not dispute the numbers, but said the fact that the president, during a time of war, does not attend his daily intelligence meeting on a daily basis is not particularly interesting or useful.
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Now he can’t even be bothered to vote “Present.”
Pathetic.
Perhaps he is getting briefed by the other side (US enemies) while he is on the golf course, so he really does know what’s going on.
foreign policy experience = 0
“Call me if you need me.”
BINGO!!
Barack Hussein Obama's base reflects the same attitude and lack of experience.....they want handouts. There is little self-reliance among those who admire Barack Hussein Obama.
Because Obama is just their token, he is the one running the show.
Fantastic. Now ALL of our enemies know.
Because he thinks he’s the only one intelligent enough, he finds the meetings to be “below his pay grade”.
He doesn’t care.
Intelligence is lost on Øbama.
There is no sign of intellegent life in the space between Obozo's ears.....(sarcasm)
What does it matter if he attends at all if he won’t make a decision until Hillary or Valerie Jarrett tell him what to do...? The man is an empty suit—it’s doesn’t matter where the suit “hangs”.
Golf
Since what he would learn at the briefing is beyond his capacity to understand it doesn’t matter any way. We must hope someone down the chain grasps the situation and acts.
It’s depressing when he hears bad news about his Muslim Brotherhood pals.
He likely figures he`s got the sheeple fooled into believing he`s a brilliant foreign policy strategist... intel briefings takes away valuable campaigning time.
They interfere with his tee times.
Intelligence is beneath me.
He doesn’t need to be there.
All those people jabbering on and on about Muslim threats in Egypt, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan....
And then there are those yakking about how bad his good friend Vladimir is....
What a silly waste of time. Hey! What’s on ESPN?
They conflict with muslim call to prayer?
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