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Biden Says He's Spending Time at Camp David Since His Home is Getting Bulletproofed

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Joe Biden revealed on Friday that Secret Service employees are presently working to ensure that his house is bulletproof.
"The reason I’m going to Camp David is they are working on the -- the Secret Service is working on my house -- bulletproofing the house," Biden told reporters on Friday.
"So there’s no place to go at home; they said I’d be out for five weeks. So I’m going to Camp David because my granddaughter graduates on Sunday, and it’s closest so I can get there to be at her graduation."
The president also said he hoped to know by Friday night whether a deal had been reached with Republican leaders in Congress to raise the US debt limit and that he was "optimistic" about it.
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