Bob Woodward Quotes
When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.
Woodward, Bob. "Live Online Chat." The Washington Post, 17 June 1997.
Alberto Gonzalez, White House Counsel and later Attorney General who was forced to resign and David S. Addington, Counsel to the Vice President, had come up with a novel view of the powers of the presidency. They argued that since the President is the Commander in Chief, in a war situation or intelligence gathering thereto, has the Constitutional responsibility for that function, he need not obey any laws of Congress as in the conduct of the war Congress would be impinging on the Constitutional separation of powers which itself was prohibited by the Constitution. The argument did not find any significant legal support but for a while the George W. Bush White House behaved as if this were the law, despite the fact that even in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 Congress passed laws regulating the conduct of the armed forces as is provided for in other parts of the Constitution. Yet even Goldsmith would allow the President some powers that many think are unconstitutional and/or belong to Congress. See {32436}.
on the decision of whether to use military force against the Assad Syrian regime for their using chemical warfare against their own people
Alluding to the practice of advisors and handlers scripting and packaging presidential candidates for conventions and debates:
He and his Prime Minister, John Majors, had become so unpopular, that they were forced to resign by their own Conservative Party and never had to be voted out of office.
Trump, in contrast, to other president, in times of crisis, tendned to send tweets on the subject--often very political and divisive--instead of takeing the kind of leadership steps taht were taken by the otehr presidents of the 20th adn 21st century.
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and currently holds the title of associate editor.
