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Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement.

— David K. Shipler

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.

— Dean Acheson

Presidents are not only the country's principal policy chief, shaping the nation's domestic and foreign agendas, but also the most visible example of our values.

— Robert Dallek

Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation.

— Mitt Romney

In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.

— Roger Mudd

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

— Bob Woodward

I think that American presidents, that position in itself, as well as American foreign policy, it has terrorism in it. CIA agents going to overthrow certain governments - they're using terrorist tactics. They're not going in there like, 'Hey, you wanna have some cake?'

— Lupe Fiasco

I'm a lot less concerned with Bill Clinton's escapades decades ago than I am with Hillary Clinton's consistently wrong record when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to domestic policy.

— Ted Cruz

Presidents get to decide how their intelligence is served up to them, and it's the job of intelligence to adjust.

— Michael Hayden

Donald Trump tells us that he is very, very smart. I'm afraid that when it comes to foreign policy, he is very, very not smart.

— Mitt Romney

✗Opposing Perspectives

We only have one president and one secretary of state, but our founding fathers very clearly insisted that Congress play a significant role in foreign policy.

— Tom Cotton