Obama briefed on S&P downgrade before leaving W.House

reuters.com ^ | August 6, 2011 | Reuters

[Berlin_Freeper]

Obama left the White House for the Camp David presidential retreat outside Washington in late afternoon just hours before S&P's announcement. "He was briefed before he left for Camp David and has been receiving updates through the night," the official said.

[riri]

He knew beforehand. That’s exactly why the debt bill was billed as Tea Party victory. This is how THEY get the tax increases.

[Mouton]

Looks like Tiny Tim has a lady secret service agent... affirmative action for short people in the SS I guess.

[New Jersey Realist]

Lucky Tim is right. She’s a hot packing mama!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Berlin_Freeper.

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