To: bentway who wrote (737355 ) 9/5/2013 3:56:35 PM From: one_less Read Replies (1) | Respond to I hate to admit it but Kerry was right. It does take an act of congress to declare war but otherwise, the Commander In Chief of the Armed forces can deploy forces where ever he thinks best and engage them in operations according to his own judgement. That is simply the job and for what it is worth we haven't officially been in a war with anyone for almost 80 years.Obama declared in a campaign speech that congressional authorization is necessary.“The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation,” candidate Obama told The Boston Globe in late 2007. He added that the president can only act unilaterally in “instances of self-defense.” senate.gov
