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*Obama Skipped 62.5 Percent of Intelligence Briefings this Year* Share <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://freebeacon.com/national-security/obama-skipped-62-5-percent-of-intelligence-briefings-this-year/> Tweet <http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffreebeacon.com%2Fnational-security%2Fobama-skipped-62-5-percent-of-intelligence-briefings-this-year%2F&text=Obama%20Skipped%2062.5%20Percent%20of%20Intelligence%20Briefings%20this%20Year> Email <?subject=Check%20Out%20http://freebeacon.com/national-security/obama-skipped-62-5-percent-of-intelligence-briefings-this-year/> [image: Description: AP] <http://freebeacon.com/national-security/obama-skipped-62-5-percent-of-intelligence-briefings-this-year/> AP BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff <http://freebeacon.com/author/washington-free-beacon-staff/> October 2, 2014 10:53 am President Barack Obama has only attended roughly 40 percent of his daily intelligence briefings throughout his presidency, according to the Government Accountability Institute (GAI). According to the GAI report <http://www.g-a-i.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GAI-Report-PDB-Update-9.29.2014.pdf> released Tuesday: In September 2014, the Government Accountability Institute updated an analysis of how much time President Barack Obama has spent attending his Presidential Daily Briefs (PDBs), as recorded on the White House official calendar and Politico’s comprehensive calendar. The updated study covered the president’s first 2,079 days in office, running from January 20, 2009 through September 29, 2014. Of those, President Obama attended a total of 875 Presidential Daily Briefs for an overall 42.09% attendance rate. The report also found President Obama’s attendance has declined slightly in his second term from 42.43 percent to 41.26 percent. In 2014, the president has only attended 37.5 percent of his briefings. Obama attended only eight in August, despite the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS). In an interview with *60 Minutes, *Obama recently blamed <http://freebeacon.com/national-security/duck-and-cover-obama-blames-intelligence-community-for-underestimating-terrorist-threat/> the intelligence community for underestimating the terrorist threat. __._,_.___ ------------------------------ Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> ------------------------------ Visit Your Group <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYzlybG0zBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NDk5NDk2OTQ-> [image: Yahoo! Groups] <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlY3IybW0xBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ0OTk0OTY5NQ--> • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
