Barack Obama: “The United States is not going to have an intelligence file on every…”

On the recordNovember 19, 2015

The United States is not going to have an intelligence file on every individual in a refugee camp.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Josh Earnest and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes

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