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To get security clearance, yes.


The President doesn't need a security clearance. His or her election gives him/her the ultimate security clearance.


Not elected officials like the President. They are exempt from the OPM/USIS investigations.


That implies that if a candidate could be denied a clearance they would be disqualified from holding office.




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