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To: romanesq
Are you guys just having a good time or do you not care about what the Constitution says? There is no open authorization for the President to act against anyone other than Iraq at the moment. Telling Congress what he (the President) did is not part of the Constitution.

Incorrect. The War Powers Resolution Act of 1973 states that the President may commit troops to hostilities for up to 60 days with no Congressional input.

171 posted on 01/18/2007 9:03:59 AM PST by Lazamataz (You are not your mind. You are not your emotions. You are not your pain. All you are is love.)
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To: Lazamataz

There's no way the Administration will apply the War Powers Act as a prima facie case to go after Iran.

As posted, it will be along the lines of the Congressional authorization indicated earlier in the thread.


176 posted on 01/18/2007 11:08:13 AM PST by romanesq
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