Transcript: Showdown Between White House And Congress Over Executive Privilege

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Special Report with Brit Hume (Fox News Network)
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July 9, 2007
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Brit Hume, Wendell Goler, James Rosen
Special Report with Brit Hume (Fox News Network)
07-09-2007
BRIT HUME, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Next on SPECIAL REPORT, the president orders two former aides not to testify to Congress, setting up a confrontation with Democrats over the doctrine of executive privilege.

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