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national emergency created by attack upon the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>its territories or possessions</u></i>, or its armed forces."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">That's about as wide open as a barn door. I'm sure
somebody in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>, or the
US Government lost some possession by <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region>, felt attacked, or a troop
was injured. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">And;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">" </span><span style="color: black;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the President can commit the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> to an armed conflict only if
authorized by Congress"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black;">Again, what does <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"commit"</i> mean. Surely launching a few thousand missiles
is not a commitment of our armed forces. It could be a military exercise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">My understanding, is the United States President cannot
continue an attack or deploy US Troops for more then 90 days without permission
of Congress, and must remain within the budget constraints set by Congress.
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</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Donovan J. Arnold</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "vision2020@moscow.com" <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 6, 2013 9:23 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] "approval" vs. "authorization"<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
<div id="yiv407047620"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I just wanted to throw down a little rant here about how the media is portraying the Syria situation.<br><br>From what I've seen, they all characterize the President going to Congress as him asking for "approval" to attack Syria. Shouldn't he be asking for "authorization" instead? Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution gives the ability to declare war to Congress. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 states that the President can commit the US to an armed conflict only if authorized by Congress or in the case of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces." We haven't been attacked by Syria, so if the President orders an attack on Syria without authorization by Congress to do so, he would be
acting illegally. <br><br>Is that
correct? What might I be missing that would give him the authority to attack Syria without authorization by Congress, as he originally intended to do? <br><br>I'll be very interested in this question if Congress turns him down and he goes ahead and authorizes an attack on Syria anyway.<br><br>Paul<br><div><br></div></div></div></div><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net/</a><br> mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>