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On the recordNovember 7, 1990
There are going to be certain things where we will continue to try to work with the Congress.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks Announcing the Resignation of William J. Bennett as Director of National Drug Control Policy and a Question-and-...

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I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy that we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether be here or elsewhere.

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Feb 26, 2017

I think we all need answers. Whether or not this special prosecutor's the right way to go tonight, you're talking to the wrong guy. I have great faith and Richard Burr for example, he's the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, really good guy, and an independent thinker and NRP were to recommend the special prosecutor, then I can -- I'd be, you know, then I -- is that a lot more credibility, it was me. But I'm really -- and I never been a lawyer. You know, I'm not sure the right avenue to take. I am sure, though, that that question needs to be answered.

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