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kpete

(72,026 posts) Wed Mar 16, 2016, 10:44 PM Mar 2016

"Presidents don’t stop working in the final year of their term.

Neither should a Senator."

—@POTUS: http://go.wh.gov/SCOTUS #SCOTUSnominee
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/710124494447353856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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"Presidents don’t stop working in the final year of their term. (Original Post) kpete Mar 2016 OP

Can a President declare war in his last year in office? world wide wally Mar 2016 #1

Not so sure about that... JHB Mar 2016 #2

world wide wally

(21,756 posts)

1. Can a President declare war in his last year in office?

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Wed Mar 16, 2016, 10:49 PM

Mar 2016

JHB

(37,163 posts)

2. Not so sure about that...

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Wed Mar 16, 2016, 11:00 PM

Mar 2016

Nixon: fobbed an entire 2 years onto another guy.

Reagan: OK, his people didn't have to go full "Weekend at Bernie's" but Alzheimer's did cut into his work load

Poppy Bush: "Remember the war? I was Churchill during the war! Heh?"

The Chim-Chim in Chief: "Work? You mean on my drive, right?"

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