meeting to discuss the terrorist threat that has forced the United States to
close embassies overseas, President Obama was at Camp David celebrating his birthday with friends.
"If you need me, call me...."
Posted on 08/04/2013 2:06:52 PM PDT by grundle
As his top national security advisors gathered for an urgent Saturday meeting to discuss the terrorist threat that has forced the United States to close embassies overseas, President Obama was at Camp David celebrating his birthday with friends.
Sixteen senior officials participated in the unusual gathering, according to the White House. Among them were National Security Advisor Susan Rice, who chaired the session, Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco, and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.
Obama was briefed after the session by Rice and Monaco, according to the White House. The White House said Obama has “received frequent briefings over the last week” on the threat.
Obama, whose birthday is today, was already celebrating at least a day early, playing golf in the morning with 11 longtime buddies and then traveling with them to Camp David, where the party continued. The president is scheduled to return to the White House today.
The White House didn’t say where the meeting took place, though such a session would presumably be held at the White House in the Situation Room. The White House labeled the gathering a “principals meeting,” which may be an attempt to excuse the president’s absence by suggesting that only the top officials of various agencies were meant to be present. But it’s unclear why Obama wouldn’t have wanted to directly participate in such a vital discussion.
Most likely from watching CNN.
"If you need me, call me...."
And if this isn’t enough, Obongo will be making his 6th appearance on the Jay Leno show in a couple of days.
Too bad for the people of LA who have to put up with another massive traffic snarl.
The king and his posse is coming to town, deal with it.
Camp David is where presidents go when the threat level is great. DC is hard to defend. So he’s hiding, so to speak
Well, neither one of the girls looks like Web Hubbell. Yet.
He wants to be out of the loop so he won’t be blamed. But if there is no attack he can take credit because he was briefed.
By the way, Graham started spewing his crap today that the NSA is where they got the info. I’d like to ask him if they got the info by reading my damned emails or was it someone from Yemen.
A day without Reggie is day without sunshine. Or as the Muslims say “women are for children, boys are for pleasure”
Chelsea looks like Web Hubble would if he got a facelift.
“But it’s unclear why Obama wouldn’t have wanted to directly participate in such a vital discussion.”
It’s unclear? Only if you’re brain dead!
With Leno getting fired from NBC, maybe he’ll have the cojones to ask Obummer why he let’s Reggie Love put his wanker up his @**.
“Hey, O, you don’t need to miss your birthday party. We got this. No, really, you go on and enjoy yourself. That’s why you have us.”
I didn’t post that. It’s too well written for me to have wrote it.
Sorry! Didn’t mean to imply that you posted it. I should have posted to #1.
whut? Susan Rice got the con?
Man we can sleep well tonight, America is in good hands
sarc
yeah, he doesn’t act like a father.
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