ARLINGTON, VA – AUGUST 04: US President Barack Obama speaks to the media after a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Pentagon August 4, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. President Obama chaired a National Security Council Meeting on the counter-ISIL campaign and received an update from his national security team on the efforts to degrade and destroy the terrorist group. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton should receive classified security briefings as the presidential nominees because it’s both tradition and required by the law.
He adds that he expects them to “start acting like a president” and keep them secret.
Obama had been asked during a Pentagon press conference whether he is concerned about Trump getting classified security briefings as the Republican presidential nominee.
