02/14/14 - Monday鈥檚 is a Presidents Day edition, which looks at how George Washington overcame the almost complete lack of specific powers. The first President had chaired the Constitutional Convention debates, but realized the Presidency would be impotent without a strong Executive branch. With cunning and guile, Washington ignored Constitutional limits and usurped powers not specifically granted, including the oft used 鈥淓xecutive Privilege鈥� component. Our guest is author of &苍产蝉辫;罢丑补迟鈥檚 . . . Monday at 1pm..
How George Washington Forged the Highest Office
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鈥淢r. President鈥� George Washington and The Making Of the Nation's Highest Office";s:
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Harlow Giles Unger
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