Which of the following statements summarizes the holding of the Supreme Court in the 1971 Pentagon Papers case?
a. Congress must approve all military deployments.
b. President Nixon could claim executive privilege to withhold information on the grounds that it represented national security interests.
c. President Nixon could not claim executive privilege to withhold information regarding the Vietnam War.
d. Congress could not conduct hearings regarding President Nixon’s withholding of national security information because of the political nature of the issue.
c. President Nixon could not claim executive privilege to withhold information regarding the Vietnam War.
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