Obama had a secret note in case of an attack
Jan 23, 2021
2 minutes
MICHAEL S ROSENWALD
REUTERS
THE night before Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, he quietly excused himself from dinner with his family at Blair House to receive a military briefing about the nuclear football – the briefcase containing nuclear launch codes that goes wherever the president does.
“One of the military aides responsible for carrying the football explained the protocols as calmly and methodically as someone
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