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To: stockman_scott who wrote (46064)	9/22/2002 8:12:44 AM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>>*Byrd said the proposed resolution Bush sent Congress on Thursday would be the “broadest possible grant of war powers to any president in the history of our Republic. The resolution is a direct insult and an affront to the powers given to Congress.” Byrd also criticized Bush’s request for power to carry out “pre-emptive attacks” and send troops to Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, the West Bank and anywhere else in the Middle East.<< I was unaware of the extent and expanse that Bush was asking for. Byrd is correct.