Quote Originally Posted by 8182KSKUSH
So this is based on him "asking the DEA to Back Off Pretty Please with Sugar On Top."
Then we all just stand back and it happens huh. Sounds easy alright! That's bull shit.
The president can select, with the Senate's approval (or waiting for them to go on vacation like Bush does), a new head of an agency. Imagine if the DEA where run by Keith Stroup and John Walters (US Drug Czar) got his pink slip. The president can do more then you think he can. And its not "asking" the DEA to back off, its ORDERING them to back off. The DEA was created in the early 70's via an executive order and can be taken out just the same.