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Declaring war now a security council function.(Condoleezza Rice on war against Iran or Syria)(Brief article)
During testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last October, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was asked "whether the President would circumvent congressional authorization if the White House chose military action against Iran or Syria," noted the April 21 issue of The Nation. Rice replied: "I will not say anything that constrains his authority as Commander-in-Chief," a non-responsive answer that assumes the president has the authority to launch a war against either country without a congressional declaration. Pressed by Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.) as to whether congressional authorization would be sought before military action was ordered, Rice continued in the same vein: "The president never takes any option off the table, and he shouldn't."
According to the Constitution that George W. Bush twice promised, in God's name, to uphold, only Congress has the "option" to ...
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