Congress goes AWOL. (War In Iraq).

From: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

ON MARCH 17, PRESIDENT George W. Bush announced to the nation that the United States was going to war against Iraq. The next day's headline should have read "Congress Declares War on Iraq"--except that Congress did not declare war, despite its constitutionally delegated responsibility. In fact, Congress has not officially acted on the question of war and peace since its October 2002 vote authorizing the president to decide.

Despite U.S. military actions in Korea in the 1950s and in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, and more recent smaller conflicts in Panama, Grenada, Bosnia, ...

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