legal? no, senator, that s not what i was suggesting there. let me try to provide you an expla igs na. president bush s view in trying to keep america safe he was going to do everything he could within the law. he relied on his lawyers to provide the boundaries of what the law is and then he would go up to that line of what he thought was effective as a matter of policy. it was up to the lawyers, therefore, to make sure that they were giving sound advice and having the backbone, this is something that your legislation reinforces. lawyers need to have backbone, even in pressurized cases to say no. one of the most important responsibilities of an executive lawyer in the passions of the moment, where the pressure is on, where the president wants to do something perhaps is to go into the oval office and say, no, you shouldn t do this. that s something that i ve written about, talked about and experienced in my time with
i think the world is falling awart. i ve been nor right than wrong on foreign policy. is it my ability in my own mind to be a good commander in chief. republican senator lindsey gma has not formally announced his run for president. but graham left little question today that he is in fact in. there are already six candidates who formally declared they are seeking nom igs na. ted carson, ben cruise, marco rubio. there are others widely expected to run. jeb bush. accidently letting slip that he is, yes, running for president. the shear number of candids is making it difficult to plan gop presidential debates. republicans never had more than ten candidates on a televised presidential stage. but you ll remember how unwieldy