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To: traditional1
So, Hunter has effectively said "no attacks without Congressional approval"...that sound bite will come back to haunt him.

Listen to the replay and you'll see that you're mistaken.

Hunter said if there's time, it would be right to go to Congress, but for a fleeting target, the President must make the call, with or without assistance of our allies.

747 posted on 10/09/2007 2:03:15 PM PDT by airborne (Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
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To: airborne
Hunter said if there's time; well, we KNOW Iran has a nuclear program and so does Congress.

YOU need to listen to the replay, not me. Since Congress knows, we have TIME (as Hunter said), and that would be the instance where he would contend the Congress has to give approval under the War Powers Act. That's EXACTLY what he said, and he will regret having ceded power to the Congress because they (Democrats) will either claim the President mis-represented the facts (and did act without approval) OR, that the President CANNOT take action without approval because they knew ahead of time. There's no getting away from what he committed, and now he has to deal with it, and try to spin his way out.

798 posted on 10/09/2007 2:08:36 PM PDT by traditional1 ( Fred Thompson-The ONLY electable Republican Candidate)
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