1.0 link 228206 <![CDATA[White House Threatens Veto Of Bill To Alter National Security Briefings]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/08/white-house-threatens-vet_n_228206.html President Obama has threatened to veto a Democratic-backed bill that would likely expand the number of lawmakers who can be briefed by the White House on covert national security operations.

In a statement issued on Wednesday afternoon, the White House Office of Management and Budget said that it does support many provisions in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 currently making its way through the House of Representatives. But it had "serious concerns with a number of provisions...

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