Cheney Echoes Nixon: If The President Does It During Wartime, It Is Legal»
On Fox News Sunday today, host Chris Wallace asked Vice President Cheney,
“if the President, during war, decides to do something to protect the country, is it legal?” “I think as a general proposition, I’d say yes,” replied Cheney.Cheney went on to defend the administration’s actions over the past eight years:
CHENEY: There are bound to be debates and arguments from time to time and wrestling back and forth about what kinds of authority is appropriate in any specific circumstances, but I think that what we’ve done has been totally consistent with what the Constitution provides for.
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