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On the recordAugust 4, 2016
As far as Mr. Trump, we are going to go by the law, which is that both tradition and the law that if somebody's the nominee, the Republican nominee for president, they need to get security briefings.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama discusses the necessity of security briefings for presidential nominees.

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