All governmental departments – such as State, Commerce, Defense, et al – review Presidential speeches before they are delivered and make comments. When Ronald Reagan prepared to label the Soviet Union the "Evil Empire," every single department objected and said he must delete the phrase. He overruled them and delivered a historic speech which helped win the cold war. Every media outlet, every pundit and most government officials were apoplectic. They said the nuclear clock was moved forward (indicating a greater chance of nuclear war), relations would never be the same, an unprecedented provocation had occurred, and so forth. In...
