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If NBC wants to support the effort of Joe Biden and Carl Levin to adopt a new resolution undercutting the 2002 version that authorized President Bush to go to war against Iraq, let it put Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann out there to make the case. But please don't misrepresent to the public what that 2002 resolution said. On this morning's "Today," NBC reporter John Yang asserted the following: "That 2002 measure allowed the president to go after weapons of mass destruction and topple Saddam Hussein. There were no weapons and Saddam's been executed." View video here.Whether intentionally or...

The sheer stupidity of John Kerry in justifying his vote to authorize the war in Iraq is an amazing thing to behold: The reason so many people are confused about his position, Kerry says, is because they interpret his vote, incorrectly, as "a vote to go to war." "It wasn't a vote to go that day. It was a vote to go through a process," to give the president leverage at the United Nations and to get the inspectors back into Iraq. Maybe Kerry was confused by the title of the resolution for which he voted: "Authorization for the Use...

<p>October 3, 2002 -- WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said force against Iraq may be "unavoidable" as he struck a deal with House Democrats that ensures overwhelming support for a resolution against Saddam Hussein - and left Senate Democrats out on their own.</p>

Rangel Opposes the Troops Remember back in December, when Rep. Charles Rangel of New York proposed reinstating the draft? His stated rationale, as we noted, was egalitarian: "A disproportionate number of the poor and members of minority groups make up the enlisted ranks of the military," he told CNN. Forcing the affluent to serve would establish a principle of "shared sacrifice." It turns out Rangel doesn't think very much of those who actually are making the sacrifice of serving in our volunteer military. This morning Rangel was one of only 11 House members to vote "no" on a nonbinding resolution...

"We salute every person taking risks to confront terrorism and tyranny to expand the frontiers of freedom. And we salute the president for showing the world the power of strong, moral leadership," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Texas Republican and one of the chief authors of the resolution. Republican aides said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, was involved from the beginning in writing the resolution with Republican leaders. But they said she found herself trapped between trying to accommodate Republicans and the strongly anti-war faction of her party. One House Democratic leadership aide said Mrs. Pelosi did...

Six months ago, Congress authorized a war against Saddam Hussein. Today the legislators will continue debating a resolution to support that war. Strange, no? Democrats are complaining about the “partisanship” of Republicans who force them to declare themselves. They want to keep their options open – like Tom Daschle, who votes for the war and then denounces it, who says he supports the troop but who opposes the job that those troops are doing. Nor is Daschle the only Democrat playing a double game. Nancy Pelosi, the Democrats’ leader in the House, also claims to “support the troops.” But in...

<p>Eleven House Democrats yesterday voted against a resolution supporting U.S. troops and President Bush's leadership as their commander in chief, saying they couldn't approve a war or a president they disagree with.</p> <p>"I, for one, will not be forced to praise the president's reckless decision when what I want to do is praise the troops," said Rep. Jim McDermott, Washington Democrat, who voted "no."</p>

Senators yesterday put aside their disagreements over the invasion of Iraq to praise, unanimously, President Bush and the 250,000 U.S. troops carrying out his war plans in the Persian Gulf region. The Senate voted 99 to 0 for a congressional resolution that "commends and supports the efforts and leadership of the President, as Commander in Chief, in the conflict against Iraq." The resolution effusively praised the armed forces "who are participating in the military operations in the Persian Gulf region, for their professional excellence, dedicated patriotism and exemplary bravery." It also expressed "sincere gratitude to British Prime Minister Tony Blair...

WASHINGTON, Mar 21, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- A House resolution intended to show Congress' unified support for U.S. troops in Iraq passed overwhelmingly early Friday, but angered some Democrats who said they felt pressured into backing President George W. Bush's decision to go to war. The Democrats said the Republican House leadership was forcing them to offer "unequivocal support" of Bush "for his firm leadership and decisive action in the conduct of military operations in Iraq" - or reject a resolution showing support for soldiers and their families at a time of war. "I trust the American people...