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An oral report is vastly superior to a written report.
One can ask questions on the fly to assure full understanding of the info conveyed.
If helpful, a written transcript of the meeting can be made and saved.
I like Trump’s method.
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“What the public doesn’t see is the face-to-face briefing that CIA Director Mike Pompeo delivers most days to President Trump. In a relatively rare speech, Pompeo on Tuesday offered a window into the president’s daily briefing and pushed back against reports that Trump is not engaged.”
“The president asks hard questions; he’s deeply engaged; we’ll have rambunctious back and forth,” Pompeo said of the 30- to 40-minute meetings that regularly include national security adviser H.R. McMaster and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.