Posts relating to “house iraq resolution” (89)
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Letter from the President Regarding the War Powers Report
White House.gov — Authority 827
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE […] , prepared by my Administration and consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), as part of my efforts to keep […] Public Law 107-40 and the War Powers Resolution. In response to the terrorist threat, I will direct additional measures, as6 days ago -
Blairs crime of hubris
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 986
question: would you have gone along with an invasion, even if you knew Iraq was disarmed? It is hard to see how there could […] have been any legal basis for an invasion if Saddam had been shown to have disarmed. UN security council resolution 678 […] , justifies force only in the case that Saddam was not complying with demands that he disarm. Once it became clear Iraq no longer1 week ago -
Iraq war inquiry key witnesses: Sir David Manning
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 986
Crawford meeting between George Bush and Tony Blair in April 2002 "He (Bush) said that they had discussed Iraq over dinner […] . He told us that there was no war plan for Iraq, but he had set up a small cell in Central Command in Florida and he had […] examine these options." What Manning said to Bush at the White House at the end of July 2002 "I repeated that it was2 weeks ago -
Whose foreign policy is it? | David Wearing
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 986
joining the invasion of Iraq in the absence of a second UN resolution. As we know, the invasion went ahead the following month […] without such a resolution being passed. Three years later, 63% thought Blair had tied Britain too closely to the Bush White […] House. In the same poll, 61% opposed the assault on Lebanon that Israel was undertaking at that time – an assault that was1 day ago -
REPORT: At Least 40 GOP Lawmakers Fail A Principle Of The ‘Purity …
Think Progress — Authority 822
-ME) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) cosponsored resolutions opposing a troop surge in Iraq. In the House, Reps. Bob Inglis (R […] Paul (R-TX), Tom Petri (R-WI), Fred Upton (R-MI), and Steve LaTourette (R-OH) supported a resolution opposing the Iraq […] terror list. Sen. Lugar also voted against a 2007 resolution urging action against Iran. In the House , Reps. Jeff Flake4 weeks ago -
Chilcot inquiry: We had to find the smoking gun. There wasnt one
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 986
and UK ambassador in Washington from 1997 to 2003, he infuriated the government with his views about the Iraq war in his […] backing the invasion. Here we examine the key moments of his evidence. "It has to be emphasised that regime change in Iraq […] was official US policy. It went back to the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, passed unanimously by the Senate, by an3 weeks ago -
Iraq inquiry should issue interim finding that war was illegal, law lord …
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 986
Iraq Iraq Foreign policy Defence policy Civil service House of Lords Andrew Sparrow guardian […] The Iraq inquiry should publish an interim report before the general election declaring the war illegal, a former law lord […] the Iraq war now or very soon. The public interest favours transparency now, avoiding the issue being kicked into the long3 weeks ago -
POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: December 17, 2009
CNN Political Ticker — Authority 816
lawmaker seeks documents on Obama healthcare deals A House Republican congressman is pushing the Obama administration to […] reveal the specifics of deals it struck with various groups on healthcare reform. CNN: House rushes to wrap up year […] , postpone some battles until new year With a holiday break looming, the House of Representatives Wednesday rushed to wrap up6 days ago -
[Activists] New Resolution in House to End Wars, thanks to best selling …
Constitutionalert — Authority 123
. Consistent with Article 1, Section 8, the privileged resolutions will invoke the War Powers Resolution of 1973. I ask for your […] support of these resolutions, which will be introduced in the House in January. “Yesterday, with the US Secretary of Defense […] 10 through 18, Constitution of the United States, Illegal Invasion, Iraq, The Bill of Rights, True oxymoron: Dennis1 week ago -
Obamas Afghan pickle
American Thinker — Authority 809
. Eight of Illinois nine Democrats in the House would vote against the Iraq war resolution. So would its only Democratic […] United States Senate in 2002," it told us, "Obama put his political career on the line to oppose going to war in Iraq […] impending war in Iraq. As to the rationale behind the war, still six months in the future, Obama cited "a cynical attempt by2 weeks ago