his way out.
--- citation502 <citation502@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It is "encouraging" to see that the State Department
> -- which under
> Condy Rice has been an international embarrassment
> -- is now
> providing Obama with ammunition for the next
> anti-Clinton
> commercial. Between the Air Force's decision to
> export tens of
> thousands of jobs to France, and the State Dept's
> letter quoted in
> your post, we Democrats are just getting stronger by
> the day.
>
> --- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, Rob Harrington
> <Eamon1916@...> wrote:
> >
> > Is this 3AM judgement?
> >
> > Bush uses Hillary's war vote to justify staying in
> Iraq past UN
> mandate...
> >
> >
>
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/03/state-departmen.html
> > The 2002 congressional authorization for the use
> of military
> forcein Iraq, voted for by presidential hopefuls
> Senators Hilary
> Clinton,D-N.Y., and John McCain, R-Ariz., -- and
> opposed by Senator
> BarackObama, D-Ill., who was not in the Senate at
> the time -- could
> be usedto justify a continued U.S. presence in Iraq
> once the current
> UnitedNations mandate expires, according to an
> explanation provided
> tolawmakers by the State Department.In a letter,
> obtained by ABC
> News,Ambassador David Satterfield, Secretary of
> State Condoleezza
> Rice's topIraq advisor, argues the October 2002 vote
> justifies
> continuedoperations in Iraq once the current UN
> resolution
> authorizing trooppresence expires at the end of the
> year.
> > The letter to Rep Ackerman, D-N.Y., Chairman of
> the House Foreign
> > Affairs Committee's subcommittee on the Middle
> East and South Asia,
> > says the administration would not need to seek
> additional approval
> from
> > Congress in order to continue the US military
> presence in Iraq.
> > "Whether or not the authorization for the
> Multi-National Force in
> > Iraq in United Nations Security Council Resolution
> (UNSCR) 1790
> (2007)
> > is extended, the US military has the authority to
> continue its
> mission
> > beyond the end of this year under laws passed by
> Congress and the
> > President's authority as Commander in Chief under
> the Constitution.
> > Congress expressly authorized the use of force to
> "defend the
> national
> > security of the United States against continuing
> threat posed by
> Iraq"
> > as well as to enforce all relevant UNSCRs
> concerning Iraq,"
> Satterfield
> > wrote. "Congress expressly authorized the use of
> force to 'defend
> the
> > national security of the United States against the
> continuing threat
> > posed by Iraq.'"
> > "Congress also has authorized the President to use
> all necessary and
> > appropriate force against nations, organizations,
> or persons
> involved
> > in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United
> States, "in order to
> > prevent any future acts of international terrorism
> against the
> United
> > States" by those same entities," Satterfield added
> noting that when
> > President Bush authorized military action in Iraq
> in 2003 he
> determined
> > that military actions in Iraq were "consistent
> with the United
> States
> > and other countries continuing to take the
> necessary actions against
> > international terrorists and terrorist
> organizations, including
> those
> > nations, organizations, or persons who planned,
> authorized,
> committed,
> > or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on
> September 11, 2001."
> > Satterfield's response is sure to re-ignite debate
> on Capitol Hill
> > over whether the administration will need to seek
> another vote from
> > Congress to continue military action in Iraq.
> Numerous votes to
> halt US
> > actions in Iraq in the past year have failed and
> Democrats continue
> to
> > scramble for a way out of the conflict.
> >
> >
> > Slainte,
> > Rob Harrington
> >
>
>
>
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