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Bob Corker: I certainly have not been involved in those briefings, and I, again, I -- you're putting me in a sort of a personality…

On the recordSeptember 7, 2016
I certainly have not been involved in those briefings, and I, again, I -- you're putting me in a sort of a personality referee position which is not a position that I should be in or want to be in, and really I'm more of a public policy person, as you know. Typically, I will say, with intelligence briefings, they really attempt not to try to give you a direction. They try to keep it to, you know, the facts of the intelligence gathering.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

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Corker responded to Trump's comments about intelligence briefings, emphasizing that they focus on facts rather than directing policy.

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