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Why Did Bush Use A Pocket Veto/Veto On The 2008 Defense Authorization Bill?

Submitted by Shane-O on Sun, 2007-12-30 18:37.
President Bush pulled an odd executive maneuver when he claimed a “pocket veto” of H.R. 1585, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.”

He claimed a pocket veto, while technically Bush vetoed the bill under the Constitution. In the president’s Memorandum of Disapproval, he gave one main reason: his objection to Section 1083 of the legislation.

Call me crazy (or just plain realistic), but I’m reluctant to take our dear president’s word as to his actual motive(s) for such a strange method of vetoing the bill.

There just might be more to it.  Read more 

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