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Article: Splitting a constitutional nucleus.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- May 1, 2008
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Byline: Peter Hoekstra and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Constitution clearly articulates that Congress and the president are to be equal branches of government. The underlying assumption is that both would cooperate to ensure our nation's security, and do so with mutual respect.
Unfortunately, that has not always been the case. Regarding the current negotiations with the regime in North Korea to persuade it to abandon its nuclear weapons, the divide has rarely been greater. We regret to say the administration has deliberately attempted to sideline Congress in the fear that providing us with information about the North Korean regime's ...