CIA Director Leon Panetta, who President Barack Obama has nominated to be secretary of Defense, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that he believes the president can unilaterally use military force, without congressional authorization to “protect our national interests.”
Panetta’s claim of broad unilateral presidential power to initiate U.S. military action absent an attack or imminent threat to the United States came in response to a question from Sen. John McCain—who said he agreed with Panetta.
The U.S. is now involved militarily in Libya even though Congress has never authorized that involvement.
2 comments:
No, he can't. Congress has to approve what he did in Libya. Impeach this man! He doesn't care at all about the laws or the ways of our land. That's what we get for electing someone who isn't a citizen of our own country and a muslim into the office of the presidency. Our own fault.
He went to the same russian schools Obama went to.
In a Dictatorship the people do what the dictator says or get shot.
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