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Ex-Obama defense official on Hawaii false alarm:
"Thank God the President was playing golf"
Hawaii officials say 'false alarm' on alert about inbound ballistic missile
A former Defense Department official under former President Obama reacted to the false alert that a ballistic missile was headed toward Hawaii on Saturday by saying “thank God the President was playing golf.”
Patrick Granfield, a former strategic communications director at the Pentagon, posted the tweet after Hawaii officials declared the emergency alert was a false alarm.
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/368900-ex-obama-official-on-hawaii-false-alarm-thank-god-the-president?rnd=1515870995
