DOCSLIB.ORG

Interview with Juan Carlos Lopez of CNN En Espanol March 7, 2007

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Interview with Juan Carlos Lopez of CNN En Espanol March 7, 2007 Mar. 7 / Administration of George W. Bush, 2007 Border Security/Mexico-U.S. Relations hood who want to do work that Americans Mr. Gratas. Mr. President, I have to ask aren’t doing, and there ought to be a legal this question. You’re going to meet with process to do it so they don’t have to sneak President Calderon of Mexico. How are across the border. So the best way to se- you going to resolve the difference between cure the border is to have a comprehensive the construction of the wall on the border? immigration plan. And it’s controversial here in America. The President. Yes. I will explain to him But I firmly believe my position is a ration- that our Congress was very worried that al position and the right position, and I’m not enough was being done on both sides going to work hard with both Republicans of the border about preventing people from and Democrats in Congress to get the bill sneaking in. I will explain to him that the this year. border is going to be secured two ways— Mr. Gratas. I have 14 more questions one, by modernization—but it’s more than in Spanish, but I have no time. [Laughter] fence. This is a long border. We’re going Thank you very much. to have Border Patrol agents, but instead The President. Gracias, senor. [Laughter] of having a system that encourages people to sneak in, we ought to have a system NOTE: The interview was taped at 11:55 a.m. that says, you’re welcome to come in on in the Map Room at the White House for a legal basis to do work America is not later broadcast. In his remarks, the President doing. I mean, it makes no sense to have referred to I. Lewis ‘‘Scooter’’ Libby, former a system that doesn’t recognize reality. Chief of Staff to the Vice President. Mr. Now, that doesn’t mean automatic citi- Gratas referred to President Felipe de Jesus zenship. There ought to be a different way Calderon Hinojosa of Mexico. A tape was not to become a citizen. But it does say, there available for verification of the content of this are people who are hungry in our neighbor- interview. Interview With Juan Carlos Lopez of CNN En Espanol March 7, 2007 President’s Upcoming Visit to Central and people throughout our neighborhood that South America America cares about them. And I bring a Mr. Lopez. Thank you for speaking with message of hope, a message that says, we us. And my first question is about your care about the human condition and a mes- trip. You’re going to Latin America, the sage of accomplishment. longest trip an American President has I don’t know if you know this or not, taken to the region. Why now? Why at but since I’ve been the President, our bilat- this moment when Democrats control the eral aid to Latin America has increased Congress and there are issues that might from 800 million to 1.6 billion. And the be in their hands? reason I say that is, the American taxpayer The President. Well, thank you for asking has been very generous about providing aid that question. This is not my first trip since in our neighborhood, and most of that aid I’ve been the President. I have been in— is social justice money; in other words, it’s traveling the neighborhood, I think, maybe money for education and health. three other times. But this is a long trip, And yet we don’t get much credit for and the reason why is, I want to remind it. And I want the taxpayers—I want the 258 15 2010 15:52 Feb 25, 2011 Jkt 214691 PO 00000 Frm 00258 Fmt 1240 Sfmt 1240 E:\HR\OC\214691.009 214691 Administration of George W. Bush, 2007 / Mar. 7 American people to get credit for their gen- after the free trade agreement we signed erosity in Central and South America. between Mexico, the United States, and Canada. And the amount of trade has gone Jenna Bush up appreciably, significantly. Mr. Lopez. Your daughter Jenna is writ- And I truly believe that one of the most ing a book about her experiences in Central effective ways to eliminate poverty is America. She will be focusing on a single through free and fair trade. But there’s no mother with HIV. Has she been part of question, there’s protectionist sentiments in your eyes and ears in the region now that the neighborhood and in our own Congress. she’s been there for quite a while? And I—we got the CAFTA vote by one The President. Well, she is. First of all, vote in the House of Representatives, and I’m very proud of her. She is an accom- I’m going to have to work hard to get more plished woman. She came back—I haven’t free trade agreements through. But the fact seen a lot of her because she’s been spend- that it’s hard won’t deter me from doing ing a lot of time in Central America as what I think is right. a UNICEF volunteer—but she came back Mr. Lopez. They say you’re exporting and talked to me about this young girl that American jobs. she has befriended. And she’s deeply con- The President. Well, that’s what Ameri- cerned about alienationists in our world, cans say. I look at it differently. I think and is going to try to raise some money what we’re doing is, we are creating oppor- to help the education programs there. tunities for business people, small-business To me, her book and her example is people, to be able to sell products in other what America is all about. We’ve got com- markets, whether it be U.S. products into passionate people, and when we find suf- Central America or South America and vice fering and see income disparity or see pov- versa. erty, we’d like to help people lift them- I also know that trade enhances the selves up. wealth of all people. I mean, it is in our Trade interests that Mexico generate wealth so that people can make a living. If you’re Mr. Lopez. You’ve talked about the im- a person deeply concerned about immigra- portance of free trade. Opponents of free tion—and as you know, this is a hot issue trade in Latin America say it’s one-sided here in the United States—doesn’t it make and favors the U.S. Opponents of free trade sense to encourage trade so that people in the U.S.—— can find a job at home rather than feel The President. That’s right. compelled to try to find work elsewhere? Mr. Lopez. ——say it’s one-sided and fa- And trade is—you can track the success vors those countries. So who’s right, and of a trade agreement—and I repeat again, what are you trying to do with this right the success of the trade agreement with now? Mexico. The President. They’re both wrong. The opponents of free trade are wrong, in my judgment, because free trade—a good free Alternative Fuel Sources/Brazil trade agreement—and those agreements Mr. Lopez. Brazil, you’re going. Ethanol are signed by administrations and ratified seems to be at the top of the agenda. How by their elected assemblies—fair trade important is this ethanol? Some analysts say agreements are beneficial to both, and that you will bring Brazil closer to the U.S.; that’s what we want. you will develop ethanol plants in Central All you’ve got to do is look at the trade America and have ethanol for U.S. con- between the United States and Mexico sumption. 259 15 2010 15:52 Feb 25, 2011 Jkt 214691 PO 00000 Frm 00259 Fmt 1240 Sfmt 1240 E:\HR\OC\214691.009 214691 Mar. 7 / Administration of George W. Bush, 2007 The President. First of all, the alternative and we promote—and I remind people fuel issue is a huge issue for the United about the generosity of our country. States. I mean, we’re too dependent on It’s not a given, by the way, that people oil. It’s in our national security interests will continue to spend—that the Congress and our economic security interests and for will spend money. And therefore, it’s im- environmental concerns to develop alter- portant for me to show that we’re not only natives to gasoline. Ethanol is the—is what spending money but the effects of spending we’re investing a lot in here in the United money, the positive things that are hap- States to do that. Brazil has been very suc- pening as we help elevate people’s lives. cessful, so it gives us common ground to talk. Verdict in the Trial of I. Lewis ‘‘Scooter’’ I like the idea of helping Central Amer- Libby ica, by the way, develop an ethanol indus- Mr. Lopez. Mr. President, I want to ask try. I think it would be good for their na- you about the conviction of Lewis ‘‘Scoot- tional security and economic security inter- er’’ Libby. Your critics are saying that his ests. But my discussion with Brazil is more conviction makes the promise that you than just ethanol. Brazil is a very important made to bring honor and dignity back to country in South America.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • In the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Holding a Criminal Term Grand Jury Sworn in on October 31, 2003 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) Criminal No. ) GRAND JURY ORIGINAL v. ) Count 1: Obstruction of Justice (18 U.S.C. § 1503) ) ) Counts 2-3: False Statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2)) I. LEWIS LIBBY, ) also known as “SCOOTER LIBBY” ) Counts 4-5: Perjury (18 U.S.C. § 1623) INDICTMENT COUNT ONE (Obstruction of Justice) THE GRAND JURY CHARGES: 1. At times material to this indictment: Defendant’s Employment and Responsibilities a. Beginning on or about January 20, 2001, and continuing through the date of this indictment, defendant I. LEWIS LIBBY, also known as “SCOOTER LIBBY,” was employed as Assistant to the President of the United States, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States, and Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs. In the course of his work, LIBBY had frequent access to classified information and frequently spoke with officials of the U.S. intelligence community, as well as other government officials, regarding sensitive national security matters. b. In connection with his role as a senior government official with responsibilities for national security matters, LIBBY held security clearances entitling him to access to classified information. As a person with such clearances, LIBBY was obligated by applicable laws and regulations, including Title 18, United States Code, Section 793, and Executive Order 12958 (as modified by Executive Order 13292), not to disclose classified information to persons not authorized to receive such information, and otherwise to exercise proper care to safeguard classified information against unauthorized disclosure.
    [Show full text]
  • The Trump Peace Plan: Aiming Not to Make a Deal, but to Make a Deal Possible
    1 COVER PAGE 2 THE BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 175 The Trump Peace Plan: Aiming Not to Make a Deal, but to Make a Deal Possible Douglas J. Feith and Lewis Libby 3 The Trump Peace Plan—Aiming Not to Make a Deal, but to Make a Deal Possible Douglas J. Feith and Lewis Libby © The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan 5290002 Israel Tel: 972-3-5318959 [email protected] www.besacenter.org ISSN 0793-1042 July 2020 Cover image: President Donald Trump unveils his peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians, Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead 4 The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and regional peace and stability. It is named in memory of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, whose efforts in pursuing peace laid the cornerstone for conflict resolution in the Middle East. BESA Perspectives are short pieces on timely and fundamental Israeli, Middle Eastern, and global issues. Mideast Security and Policy Studies serve as a forum for publication or re- publication of research conducted by BESA associates. Colloquia on Strategy and Diplomacy summarize the papers delivered at conferences and seminars held by the Center for the academic, military, official, and general publics. In sponsoring these discussions, the BESA Center aims to stimulate public debate on, and consideration of, contending approaches to problems of peace and war in the Middle East.
    [Show full text]
  • Special Counsels and the Presidency: a Conversation with Ken Starr on the Role of the Constitution and the Ongoing Mueller Investigation
    AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE SPECIAL COUNSELS AND THE PRESIDENCY: A CONVERSATION WITH KEN STARR ON THE ROLE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ONGOING MUELLER INVESTIGATION WELCOME: JOHN YOO, AEI PRESENTATION: KEN STARR, AUTHOR, “CONTEMPT: A MEMOIR OF THE CLINTON INVESTIGATION” PANEL DISCUSSION PANELISTS: SAIKRISHNA PRAKASH, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW; KEN STARR, AUTHOR, “CONTEMPT: A MEMOIR OF THE CLINTON INVESTIGATION”; VICTORIA TOENSING, DIGENOVA & TOENSING MODERATOR: JOHN YOO, AEI 2:45–4:00 PM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 EVENT PAGE: http://www.aei.org/events/special-counsels-and-the-presidency-a- conversation-with-ken-starr-on-the-role-of-the-constitution-and-the-ongoing- mueller-investigation/ TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED BY WWW.DCTMR.COM JOHN YOO: So welcome, everybody, to this panel on independent counsel. And as I promised on Facebook, we will almost certainly also talk about the Kavanaugh nomination. It’s not a joke. (Laughs.) So, my name is John Yoo. I’m a visiting scholar here and professor at Berkeley and also a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. And Judge Starr originally was going to give a lecture, but he actually would like to actually sit and have a conversation with the panelists, so we’re going to dispense with any kind of formal remarks. He’s going to make a — I think a short statement summarizing his book and some of the points, and then we’re going to turn right to an open discussion with the other panelists. So let me just quickly introduce them. You have their full biographies. But, as you all know, Judge Starr has been many, many things: a judge on the DC circuit, solicitor general, law school dean — it’s all been downhill after being law school dean — university president, and an independent counsel in the Clinton Whitewater investigation.
    [Show full text]
  • Cheney Preferred Face the Nation Scooter Libby Trial Testimony
    Cheney Preferred Face The Nation Scooter Libby Trial Testimony Abortive and geometrid Marlowe trounce her refusals paragenesis magnetize and mispleads divertingly. Jude remains ambagious: she sprain her demission geologized too snootily? Transportive Desmond always shunt his handbooks if Braden is incensed or materializes lovably. Show a specific criminal or awful the bald of law enforcement information. For intercepting text messages, libya or has yet another set pattern, bars respondent from maryland against a nation the cheney face scooter libby trial, mr bush admitted that libby reminding us do! View WESTERN LEGAL HISTORY. OnPolitics washingtonpostcom The Washington Post. NARRATOR Walter Pincus is a longtime national security reporter for The Washington Post. Ended up speaking to her and men told an that we said Mr Holder favored the pardon. Quote put the witness Archive Albion Monitor. The trial courts and their position otherwise the federal judicial override In this context. Of today's websites could ensure criminal prosecution after publication for knowingly. And prefer direct hit. President Trump announces Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for. On this exchange commission, not finding an elite athletes who has sought uranium ore concerning the courts will scrap them know they cohere and libby trial that? Stop Cheney's Monsters Now Search bar history for over 51. Of eligible New England Sabbath day was upon to face illuminating it once that house of. Just added Yellowcake Scooter Libby Patrick Fitzgerald Karl Rove and. Consequences of Implementing a Federal Reporter's Privilege. Subpoenaed to getting and refused to do so50 The police held that collapse is no.
    [Show full text]
  • Inventory of the Scooter Libby Letters
    INVENTORY OF THE SCOOTER LIBBY LETTERS I’ve read them, all of them. (Big PDF Part One; Big PDF Part Two; Excel file of all the letters) What a depressing way to spend a weekend day. You see, I believe all those people when they describe how loving Libby is with his kids. And I believe all those people who describe what a great mentor Libby has been to young professionals. But there’s no denying that Libby threw all that away, presumably out of a warped sense of duty. I’m reminded of the two pieces Libby’s childhood friend Nick Bromell has written about him, particularly when he describes, I want to insist that Scooter’s respect for power is not just a front for cold self-interest. At bottom, there’s a kind of innocence about Scooter. He has submitted to masters like Paul Wolfowitz and Cheney because he respects them, just as a Zen novitiate submits to a meditation master or a young violinist reveres the prodigious talent of her teacher. Because in the end, these letters make complete sense. They paint a rich portrait of Libby’s commitment to duty and loyalty. And that, of course, is what got him into trouble. I’ll have one or three posts on individual letters today or tomorrow. But for now, I thought I’d provide my rough inventory of who wrote letters. Total letters: 196 Letters favoring a harsh sentence: 25 Letters favoring a lenient sentence: 171 Letters from obvious Neocons: 34 Letters from OVP affiliates*: 49 Letters from former Dechert colleagues: 15 I didn’t count the number of those whose kids were friends with Libby’s kids, those who play football with Libby, or plain old neighbors.
    [Show full text]
  • Deep Background: Journalists, Sources, and the Perils of Leaking William E
    American University Law Review Volume 57 | Issue 5 Article 8 2008 Deep Background: Journalists, Sources, and the Perils of Leaking William E. Lee Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/aulr Part of the Constitutional Law Commons, and the Criminal Law Commons Recommended Citation Lee, William E. “Deep Background: Journalists, Sources, and the Perils of Leaking.” American University Law Review 57, no.5 (June 2008): 1453-1529. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in American University Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Deep Background: Journalists, Sources, and the Perils of Leaking Keywords Journalists, Press, Leakers, Leak Investigations, Duty of Nondisclosure, Duty of Confidentiality, Prosecutions, Classified information, First Amendment, Espionage Act This article is available in American University Law Review: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/aulr/vol57/iss5/8 DEEP BACKGROUND: JOURNALISTS, SOURCES, AND THE PERILS OF LEAKING ∗ WILLIAM E. LEE TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction.......................................................................................1454 I. Leaking, Leak Investigations, and the Duty of Nondisclosure..........................................................................1462
    [Show full text]
  • The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era'
    H-War Youngquist on Mann, 'The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era' Review published on Thursday, January 28, 2021 Jim Mann. The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2020. x + 416 pp. $32.00 (cloth),ISBN 978-1-62779-755-9. Reviewed by Benjamin Youngquist (Air University, Air War College) Published on H-War (January, 2021) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=55983 Colin Powell, referring to his service as then Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote, “We thought so much alike that, in the Tank or the Oval Office, we could finish each other’s sentences” (p. 359). Years later, Ambassador Ryan Croker, then dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, could barely convince the two to attend an event together to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Persian Gulf War. In The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era, James Mann reviews how the careers, connections, and convictions of these two prominent statesmen exacerbated their differences through the changing post-Cold War security environment to divide friends. Mann opens the book by following Cheney’s and Powell’s careers across multiple administrations. Cheney joined the national security establishment in 1968, serving as a postgraduate congressional fellow, and then became Donald Rumsfeld’s special assistant in Richard Nixon’s Office of Economic Opportunity in 1969.
    [Show full text]
  • Transcript of Interview on Lou Dobbs October 14, 2005
    http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0510/14/ldt.01.html Karl Rove Testifies Before Grand Jury; Pentagon Channel Stirs Controversy for Allegedly Staging Events; Middle Class Feeling Economic Squeeze Aired October 14, 2005 - 18:00 ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LOU DOBBS, HOST: Good evening, everybody. We'll be following the latest for you on this developing story in Iraq. We'll be going live to Baghdad for the latest details. But we begin tonight with the intensified investigation into the CIA White House leak. Top presidential adviser Karl Rove today testified for a fourth time before the grand jury investigating the leak. Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald could bring charges in that case soon, possibly as early as next week. Tonight we'll be reporting on Rove's extraordinary testimony and what it could mean for a White House already on the defensive after plummeting poll numbers and a host of scandals. We'll be reporting on the growing revolt against President Bush's policies and the Republican Party's conservative base. We'll have a special report for you on the Bush administration's failures to help middle class Americans who are now struggling to pay for life's necessities. We begin with Karl Rove's grand jury testimony, Bob Franken with the report from Washington. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BOB FRANKEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He had no comment for reporters as he left. The president's chief political adviser, Karl Rove, saved his comments for the grand jury and spent more than three hours before a panel that knows him quite well, since it's his fourth time to testify.
    [Show full text]
  • Neo-Conservatism and Foreign Policy
    University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository Master's Theses and Capstones Student Scholarship Fall 2009 Neo-conservatism and foreign policy Ted Boettner University of New Hampshire, Durham Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis Recommended Citation Boettner, Ted, "Neo-conservatism and foreign policy" (2009). Master's Theses and Capstones. 116. https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/116 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses and Capstones by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Neo-Conservatism and Foreign Policy BY TED BOETTNER BS, West Virginia University, 2002 THESIS Submitted to the University of New Hampshire in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Political Science September, 2009 UMI Number: 1472051 INFORMATION TO USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. UMI" UMI Microform 1472051 Copyright 2009 by ProQuest LLC All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code.
    [Show full text]
  • Origins of the Recent Wars of Choice and Their Impact on Us Global Markets
    ORIGINS OF THE RECENT WARS OF CHOICE AND THEIR IMPACT ON U.S. GLOBAL MARKETS Ismael Hossein-Zadeh* I. INTRODUCTION ........................................ 67 II. THE IMPACT OF RECENT WARS OF CHOICE ON U.S. GLOBAL MARKETS ................................. 71 A. War and the Non-Military U.S. TransnationalCapital ..... 71 B. War and Military-BasedIndustries and Businesses ....... 78 III. BEHIND THE DRIVE TO WAR AND MILITARISM ............... 80 A. The Role of Big Oil ................................ 81 B. "Coalition of the Willing" to Pursue War and Militarism: The Military-Industrial-Zionist-NeoconservativeAlliance . 83 C. The Military-IndustrialComplex: the Major Force behind the War Juggernaut .......................... 88 IV . IN SUMMARY ......................................... 97 I. INTRODUCTION While they may have been immoral, external military operations of past empires often proved profitable and, therefore,justifiable on economic grounds. Military actions abroad usually brought economic benefits not only to the imperial ruling classes, but also (through "trickle-down" effects) to their citizens. This was the case with both pre-capitalist empires of distant past and the capitalist imperial powers of Europe. The United States, too, has often used military power as a means for economic and territorial gains. These included not only the expansion of its territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but also the considerable non-territorial economic gains abroad, especially in the immediate aftermath of Word War II. This pattern of economic gains flowing from imperial military operations, however, seems to have somewhat changed in recent years, especially in the post-Cold War era. Moralities aside, U.S. military expeditions and operations of late are not justifiable even on imperialistic economic grounds.
    [Show full text]
  • April 1, 2019 Mr. Pat Cipollone Counsel to the President the White
    April 1, 2019 Mr. Pat Cipollone Counsel to the President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20002 Dear Mr. Cipollone: On March 1, 2019, I wrote to you in order to request—for a “final time”—that the White House cooperate voluntarily with the Committee’s investigation of security clearance processes at the White House in response to grave breaches of national security at the highest levels of the Trump Administration. My letter followed multiple previous requests for documents and witnesses, which included detailed explanations of the congressional precedents, investigative bases, and legislative purposes of the Committee’s review. In response, the White House has refused to produce a single piece of paper or a single requested witness. Instead, you claim to have “accommodated” the Committee’s interests by providing a 90-minute briefing on general policy matters and an in camera review of a handful of guidance documents. You have refused to provide any information about the specific individuals the Committee is investigating, the specific instances of abuse, wrongdoing, or mistakes we have identified, or the problematic practices of the White House Security Office over the past two years. The Committee has given the White House every possible opportunity to cooperate with this investigation, but you have declined. Your actions are now preventing the Committee from obtaining the information it needs to fulfill its Constitutional responsibilities. Despite White House efforts to obstruct the Committee’s investigation, we have not been idle. Although much of our work over the past several months has been out of public view, the Committee has been active in collecting information from multiple additional sources.
    [Show full text]
  • Letter of Notification of Vice Presidential Records Release
    VIA EMAIL (LM 2014-115) March 25, 2015 The Honorable W. Neil Eggleston Counsel to the President The White House Washington, D.C. 20502 Dear Mr. Eggleston: In accordance with the requirements of the Presidential Records Act (PRA), as amended, 44 U.S.C. §§2201-2209, this letter constitutes a formal notice from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to the incumbent President of our intent to open Cheney Vice Presidential records in response to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests listed in Attachment A. This material, consisting of 322 pages and 4,201 images, has been reviewed for the six PRA Presidential restrictive categories and all applicable FOIA exemptions. As a result of this review, 50 pages in whole, five pages in part, and 689 images have been restricted. Therefore, NARA is proposing to open the remaining 267 pages in whole, five pages in part, and 3,512 images that do not require closure under 44 U.S.C. § 2204. A copy of any records proposed for release under this notice will be provided to you upon your request. We are also concurrently informing former Vice President Cheney’s representative, David Addington, and former President George W. Bush’s representative, Tobi Young, of our intent to release these records. Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2208(a), NARA will release the records 60 working days from the date of this letter, which is June 18, 2015, unless the former President, former Vice President, or incumbent President requests a one-time extension of an additional 30 working days or if the former or incumbent President asserts a constitutionally based privilege, in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
    [Show full text]