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teamster633

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3. If I understand correctly,

Reply to Reter (Reply #1)

Sun May 15, 2016, 01:52 PM

May 2016

He won't get briefings until after the convention and the sitting president has some discretion as to what can be revealed. The practice dates back to Harry Truman when, upon FDR's death, he found out that he hadn't been informed about the Manhattan Project. I heard this on NPR recently.

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