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Charlie Savage on Presidential Power
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
In recent weeks President Obama has come under fire from civil libertarians for reports that his administration is drafting plans to detail terrorism suspects indefinitely. Charlie Savage of the New York Times takes a look at how much power the President claims he has and how that compares to his predecessor. Mr. Savage is the author of Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency.
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