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"Condi Rice would be a superb witness... But the lawyers have concluded that to do so would alter the balance if we got into the practice of doing that." -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
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Now that wins the prize for lame excuses. The client is the boss, not the lawyer.
I think the corrrect rendering is:
If they want to ask the woman questions, ask. She will answer.
If they want grandstanding for the camera, the President has the right -- and the duty -- to say no.