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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 02:19 PM
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Why does this seem familiar?
Nixon's determination to run foreign policy out of the White House meant that Congress and State Department analysts were often cut out of the loop on important decisions. Nixon, for instance, ordered the massive bombing campaign against Hanoi and Haiphong in December 1972 while Congress was in recess for the Christmas break, telling Kissinger that "one of the beauties of doing it now" is "we don't have the problem of having to consult with Congress."


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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 05:31 PM
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1. Maybe this Congress will get around to
doing what Congress did in 1973: cut funding.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 05:36 PM
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2. and start impeachment hearings
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-23-07 05:57 PM
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3. Cut funding AND start impeachment hearings and put them all in jail except the ones
Edited on Wed May-23-07 05:58 PM by blm
hung for treason.
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