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Old 05-21-2007, 09:16 PM   #112
Mike F
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well, to answer my own post, it turns out that at least some of the negotiations were with the Iranian gov't, not simply terrorists, and thus the US Constitution did have something to say about those negotiations:

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Though the Russian claims about Carter’s negotiations with Iran might cause embarrassment for Democrats, Carter, as President, possessed the constitutional authority to negotiate with a foreign power. The Republicans did not.
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