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To: i-node who wrote (388503)6/4/2008 3:16:29 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1573242
 
Presidents have near-absolute control over foreign policy.

How would you have stopped Khomeini from returning to Iran?



To: i-node who wrote (388503)6/4/2008 4:09:20 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573242
 
"There is nothing funny about it. Presidents have near-absolute control over foreign policy."

There is no constitutional basis for that. In fact, Hamilton argued in "The Federalist Papers" that the president doesn't hold that power by design.