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On the recordMay 7, 2013
General Petraeus, the former head of the CIA, made it clear that the change was made to protect classified sources of information, not to spin it, not to politicize it. And it wasn't done at the direction of the White House.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Schiff clarifies that changes to talking points were to protect classified information, not for political reasons.

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