He went on to say "There's a larger thing here, and it has nothing to do with any breach of protocol."

Even by your own rules, it was a breach of protocol.

It was such an extraordinary breach of protocol that no one said anything.

Taking it back without first reporting to the chief would be a breach of protocol, they said.

The breach of protocol was on his side, not ours.

Yet it would be simply impossible, a hopeless breach of protocol, to tell them so.

The president didn't miss a beat, despite the breach of protocol.

"There's a larger thing here, and it has nothing to do with any breach of protocol," he said.

Francis said he believed that to be a breach of protocol.

"What can I do to make up for this breach of protocol?"