he had no choice but to sign the bill and like many other presidents, he issued a statement along with it. leland, congress has a long history of trying to usurp authority. in the 1800s congress forbaid the executive branch if paying tribute to the pirates. jefferson did it anyway. fdr starts lend/lease. ronald reagan cuts off all aid to the republic of vietnam. ronald reagan 1984 cut all aid to the nicaraguaian resistance. ronald reagan found ways around it. all presidents chafe at these actions so my take on the new sanctions law it doesn t go far enough. i read all 65 pages of this
self-destructing. you say there are two things that hold american leaders in check, character and the system, and there are concerns about both in this case. i think that s right. i think that so american history, you know, isn t perfect. we ve had presidents, even presidents considered great presidents who have done things like japanese interment in response to an attack and to a serious event. but, look, i think that that s true, right? so on one hand we need men and women of principle and character who will check themselves and not try to usurp authority. i think back to george washington who really could have made himself a king, and in fact the king of england, you know, they told him what is george washington going to do after the revolutionary war? said he s going to go back and be a farmer, and the king of england literally said then that will make him the greatest man in the world if he actually does that, because washington could
war in the not too distance future. herron tells us what could be a life catherine herridge tells us what could be a life or death struggle for water. reporter: as the arab spring unfolded, top regime in egypt, libya and tunisia, intelligence analysts investigate how water shortages impact the u.s. national security interest. it s fair to say the intelligence community findings are sobering. the assessment of the global water security reads in part water challenges, shortages poor water quality, flood will likely increase the risk of instability and failure. exacerbate tension and distract countrys working on important objectives. water is an indicator. not just for terrorist organization, but others who like to usurp authority. frank is a former homeland security advisor to president bush and now runs homeland security program at george