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The White House is giving George W. Bush intelligence briefings. You know, some of these jokes just write themselves. -- David Letterman
I'm the chairman of the intelligence committee. We don't only get formal briefings, but we collect our information from the intelligence community in a variety of ways. -- Mike Rogers
Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material. -- John Linder
I got a job as a human rights and refugees officer, working on youth-based projects. But I realized all the kids I was working with were far more into 'The Daily Show' than the policy briefings. -- Hannah Simone
The quicker we get rid of the lobby system the better for all of us. I don't think in this day and age it is tenable to have these nods and winks, and on-the-record and off-the-record briefings. -- Charles Kennedy
There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. -- Ronald Steel
If publications want to publish images and stories from a certain person, they should put that person on assignment, cover his or her expenses, make sure they have access to security briefings and experts, someone to administer first aid, etc. -- Lynsey Addario
My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues. -- Dee Dee Myers
The Obama administration appears to regard intelligence leaks and briefings more or less like briefings by the Democratic National Committee or White House flack Jay Carney. You use any information at hand, classified or not, and you spin it any way you like, fairly or not. -- Elliott Abrams
All my stories were usually titled, 'White House Says,' 'President Bush Wants,' and I relied on transcripts from the briefings. I relied on press releases that were sent to the press for the purpose of accurately portraying what the White House believed or wanted. -- Jeff Gannon
The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence briefings to George Bush. I don't know how well this is working out. Today after the first one Bush said, 'I've got one question: What color is the red phone?' -- Bill Maher
Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated the next day's headlines, are over. Now, a thousand bloggers decide for themselves what is interesting. If enough of them are tickled then, bingo, you're news. -- Daniel Hannan
Press plays "gotcha"; limit press briefings. -- Newt Gingrich
I hopes the candidate [Donald Trump] is given fake intelligence briefings ... because you can't trust him. -- Harry Reid
[Donald Trump] said that he has intelligence briefings. He's heard stuff that body language. It's very wild to me. -- Eric Bolling
The White House is giving George W. Bush intelligence briefings. You know? some of these jokes just write themselves. -- David Letterman
The most important conversations, briefings, meeting, and lectures you will ever have will be those you hold with yourself in the privacy of your own mind. -- Denis Waitley
We are sorry about [the E3] media briefings, specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about "?Super Mario' or "?Legend of Zelda.' -- Satoru Iwata
Here's a viewer's guide to BP media briefings. Whenever you hear someone with a British accent talking about this on behalf of British Petroleum they are not telling you the truth. That's the bottom-line. -- Anthony Weiner

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