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Saddam Husain could not have said it better.

"President Bush yesterday said he has exclusive authority over a broad range of issues -- including forbidding White House officials to testify before Congress about the government's Hurricane Katrina response and ordering warrantless electronic surveillance within the United States.
'Conducting war is a responsibility in the executive branch, not the legislative branch,' the president said at a 46-minute press conference. 'Most presidents believe that during a time of war that we can use our authorities under the Constitution to make decisions necessary to protect us.' "


Bush claims authority on war, eavesdropping