Gold9472
10-14-2007, 05:57 PM
Pelosi: Bush 'must come to Congress' before attacking Iran
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Pelosi_Bush_must_come_to_congress_1014.html
(Gold9472: Once he does that, he'll get the go ahead.)
David Edwards and Greg Wasserstrom
Published: Sunday October 14, 2007
In an interview on ABC's This Week, Speaker Pelosi tells George Stephanopoulos that President Bush must get the approval of Congress before proceeding with an attack on Iran.
Just this week, the Senate passed a non-binding resolution designating Iran's Republican Guard as a terrorist organization in a move many observers fear will give President Bush the authority he needs to attack Iran. Pelosi disagrees, and doesn't plan on bringing up such a measure in the house.
"We don't believe that any of the authority the President has would allow him to go in without an act of Congress," she said, adding that the War Powers Act of the 1970s gives any president the power to retaliate against a country that has attacked the US. "But short of that," Pelosi said, "he must come to the Congress."
When asked about the Senate vote, Pelosi noted that it is unprecendented to declare a piece of another country's military a terrorist organization. She said, "Whatever Iran's impact is on our troops in Iraq should be dealt with in Iraq."
Reuters has the full story.
The following video is from Fox's Fox News Sunday, broadcast on October 14, 2007.
Video At Source
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Pelosi_Bush_must_come_to_congress_1014.html
(Gold9472: Once he does that, he'll get the go ahead.)
David Edwards and Greg Wasserstrom
Published: Sunday October 14, 2007
In an interview on ABC's This Week, Speaker Pelosi tells George Stephanopoulos that President Bush must get the approval of Congress before proceeding with an attack on Iran.
Just this week, the Senate passed a non-binding resolution designating Iran's Republican Guard as a terrorist organization in a move many observers fear will give President Bush the authority he needs to attack Iran. Pelosi disagrees, and doesn't plan on bringing up such a measure in the house.
"We don't believe that any of the authority the President has would allow him to go in without an act of Congress," she said, adding that the War Powers Act of the 1970s gives any president the power to retaliate against a country that has attacked the US. "But short of that," Pelosi said, "he must come to the Congress."
When asked about the Senate vote, Pelosi noted that it is unprecendented to declare a piece of another country's military a terrorist organization. She said, "Whatever Iran's impact is on our troops in Iraq should be dealt with in Iraq."
Reuters has the full story.
The following video is from Fox's Fox News Sunday, broadcast on October 14, 2007.
Video At Source