SPICER: It's true that President Obama made it known that he wasn't exactly a fan of General Flynn's, which is — frankly, shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, given that General Flynn had worked for President Obama, was an outspoken critic of President Obama's shortcomings, specifically as it related to his lack of strategy confronting ISIS and other threats around that were facing America.

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QUESTION: If a sitting president raises the name of one individual, why wouldn't that give the president-elect pause? I understand what you're saying — the caveat about the fact that he campaigned against Hillary Clinton, et cetera. But wouldn't that give the incoming president pause?

SPICER: I don't know that I agree with your characterization. He made it clear that he wasn't a fan of his, and I don't think that should've come as a surprise, considering the role that General Flynn played in the campaign, criticizing his …

QUESTION: So, it didn't give him any pause at all?

SPICER: No, I think if you know what we knew at the time, which is that the security clearance that he had, had been re-approved in April of that year, and they took — not only did they re-approve it, but then they took no steps to suspend it. So, the question has to be what did they do if they had real concerns beyond just not having — you know, not liking him for some of the comments that he made.