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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (377850)4/12/2008 4:17:55 AM
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"Huh? These are Secretaries of State. I'm not sure how you can "give" a person more power without them being elected."

In principle, you have a point. In practice, both were over-ruled by Cheney and Rumsfeld on a whim. Especially Condi. Note how many times Powell or Rice had spent time to work out something or another only to have Cheney fly in right before everything was finalized and announce a different solution.
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