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Traditionally only a few people could access the full PDB. Under Obama however the President's Daily Brief went to almost everyone at top levels in his administration.<ref>While the practice was a laudable admission of Obama's weakness in foreign policy and national security matters, and his need of expert advisement, on the other hand it led a bloated feeling of self-importance and arrogance among the inexperienced cadre of [[progressive]] [[liberal]]s Obama gathered around him. https://youtu.be/GPPx83VoLyY Farkas, [[Jimmy the Weasel]] Comey, [[Samantha Power]] are a few examples. A full accounting is too long to list.</ref> The ''Washington Post'' said:

Traditionally only a few people could access the full PDB. Under Obama however the President's Daily Brief went to almost everyone at top levels in his administration.<ref>While the practice was a laudable admission of Obama's weakness in foreign policy and national security matters, and his need of expert advisement, on the other hand it led a bloated feeling of self-importance and arrogance among the inexperienced cadre of [[progressive]] [[liberal]]s Obama gathered around him. https://youtu.be/GPPx83VoLyY Farkas, [[Jimmy the Weasel]] Comey, [[Samantha Power]] are a few examples. A full accounting is too long to list.</ref> The ''Washington Post'' said:

{{Quotebox|"through most of its history the document has been marked “For the President’s Eyes Only,” the PDB has never gone to the president alone. The most restricted dissemination was in the early 1970s, when the book went only to President [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Henry Kissinger]], who was dual-hatted as [[national security adviser]] and secretary of state.

{{Quotebox-float|"through most of its history the document has been marked “For the President’s Eyes Only,” the PDB has never gone to the president alone. The most restricted dissemination was in the early 1970s, when the book went only to President [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Henry Kissinger]], who was dual-hatted as [[national security adviser]] and secretary of state.

In other administrations, the circle of readers has also included the vice president, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with additional [[White House]] staffers."<ref>

In other administrations, the circle of readers has also included the vice president, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with additional [[White House]] staffers."<ref>