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Grapevine: Obama skipping daily intelligence briefings?

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Some fresh pickings from the political grapevine as we approach the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Washington Post columnist mark peace -- Points to what he called startling new statistics regarding president Obama's daily intelligence briefings.

The conservative investigative research organization says that during his first 12125.

Days in office.

President Obama attended the daily session just 536.

Time -- Not 44%.

National security spokesman Tommy Jeter said did not dispute the numbers but said quote.

The president gets the information he needs from the intelligence community each day.

President Obama told author Bob Woodward that it was a mistake to dress down Wisconsin Republican congressman Paul Ryan.

During a major policy speech last year on spending and the debt.

The president told Woodward about a month before Ryan was tapped.

As Mitt Romney's running mate quote I was not aware when I gave that speech that Paul Ryan was going to be sitting right there.

Had he known quote I might have modified some of -- I do think that they felt like we were trying to embarrass him we made a mistake.

Brian was invited by the White House to that speech ABC news points out based on audio transcripts of the president's interview with Bob Woodward.

President Obama actually called the Wisconsin congressman Jack.

Ryan it wasn't noted in the book and of course the president now realizes Ryan's name is of course Paul not yet.

Finally Russian president Vladimir Putin is defending his effort to -- young Siberian cranes.

On a southern migration flight.

Last week -- done -- white costume and wrote in a motorized hang glider.

However the birds mostly refused to follow -- food and told a crowd over the weekend that the only ones that did not fly were -- adding.

The weather was -- --

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