has adopted this siege mentality in which the best way to deflect the question is to attack the questioner. I'm not quite sure who he's playing to -- maybe the segment of the Republican Party that believes we're a bunch of liberals who have our own agenda.

We were not prepared ... we are under attack, under siege, having to temporarily relocate personnel.

Well, Senator, I can't answer that question in the abstract,

Senator, that's a question that I don't think can be answered in the abstract. You need to know the particular circumstances and exactly what the facts are and what the legislation would be like, because the argument on the other side -- and as a judge, I would obviously be in a position of considering both arguments: the argument for the legislature and the argument for the executive. The argument on the executive side will rely on authority as commander in chief and whatever authorities derive from that.

This question of partnering is something we've now aggressively adopted, ... but perhaps we could have moved on that piece a little bit earlier.

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