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To: Ilaine who wrote (140156)	7/14/2004 9:32:24 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) of 281500

<<< Whereas in 1998 Congress concluded that Iraq's continuing weapons of mass destruction programs threatened vital United States interests and international peace and security, declared Iraq to be in "material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations" and urged the President "to take appropriate action, in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws of the United States , to bring Iraq into compliance with its international obligations" (Public Law 105-235);>>> To me, it sounds like Congress gave the President a blank check to do anything he wants wrt use of the military to go to war. Who am I to question the wisdom of our law makers, but to me it was the clear intent of the Founding Fathers not to grant the President unlimited power to make war. At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, they created the office of the President instead of a throne for a King. They designed the system so that war powers are divided. Congress has the power to declare war, raise and support an army (Article I, Section 8). The President is Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces (Article II, Section 2). The intent and the rationale are clear. Congress clearly has the authority and the means to subvert (or get around) this Document. Who am I to say otherwise?

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