Reply #15: Paul O'Neill on Nixon and the "Brandeis briefs" [View All]

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Pages 166-169

Summary:

Nixon demanded 10 page briefs to be prepared on issues and they had better be complete and well thought out or Nixon "would call you on the carpet". This was at the founding of the OMB. O'Neill says that the continued to be prepared by he and his "class" that came in under Nixon and continued with Ford etc. He said that Ford received oral briefings but that the reports were still created and that W received oral briefs to an extent he had never seen or even considered before.

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W probably does have a learning disability but that really should stop him from performing the Presidential functions. Lots of people with learnind disabilities have carried on through them to all stages of success and careers. I don't mean this as a slight towards W.

Yes the question of who controls what he hears or is available to him is key. Cheney surely oversees that and this leads to the direct line the OSP had to the White House.