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minus-square@AbidanYrelinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoIn the first term, Cheney reshaped national security law, expanded the prerogatives of the executive branch and orchestrated secret, warrantless domestic surveillance, circumventing a court set up by Congress specifically to oversee such surveillance. He presented the president with options that led to a shutdown of negotiations with North Korea, and played a major role in persuading President Bush to go to war against Iraq. … The vice president had spent most of his career trying to lift the restraints on presidential authority. After 9/11, he did just that. The are plenty of articles talking about how Cheney redefined the role of VP.
Name one Cheney policy, then.
In the first term, Cheney reshaped national security law, expanded the prerogatives of the executive branch and orchestrated secret, warrantless domestic surveillance, circumventing a court set up by Congress specifically to oversee such surveillance. He presented the president with options that led to a shutdown of negotiations with North Korea, and played a major role in persuading President Bush to go to war against Iraq.
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The vice president had spent most of his career trying to lift the restraints on presidential authority. After 9/11, he did just that.
The are plenty of articles talking about how Cheney redefined the role of VP.