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Romney does not get national security briefings
CBS ^ | 9/12/12 | Sarah B. Boxer

Posted on 09/13/2012 5:50:40 AM PDT by EBH

Mitt Romney does not currently receive national security briefings, his campaign confirmed to CBS News today.

Typically, presidential candidates begin receiving briefings after securing their party's nomination, which Romney did in Tampa two weeks ago.

"It's a long-standing practice for presidential candidates and select advisers to be provided intelligence briefings following the party's nominating convention," Shawn Turner, the spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, told CNN in June. "During the last presidential campaign, all the candidates began receiving briefings in September following the conventions."

Turner tells CBS News the process is "moving forward."

"The Intelligence Community is working closely with the Romney campaign to finalize the logistics for the candidate briefings," he told CBS News. "The process is moving forward on schedule and we are not aware of any concerns."

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To: EBH

Did candidate 0bama get National Security Briefings in 2008?


61 posted on 09/13/2012 10:26:07 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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To: reg45

Candidate Obama was on the Senate Foreign Relations committee so he got heads up that way.


62 posted on 09/13/2012 12:01:28 PM PDT by tellw
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To: Hoodat
Why would Obama offer something to Romney that he doesn’t bother receiving

Precisely the point! 0bummer doesn't want Romney to know anything he doesn't know, but he is too lazy to get the data himself. His solution? Don't give it to Romney either.

63 posted on 09/13/2012 12:52:01 PM PDT by j_tull (Keep Congress Kennedy Free - Sean Bielat for Congress #MA4)
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To: tellw

What about candidates Bush (2000) and Clinton (1992)?


64 posted on 09/13/2012 1:12:27 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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