Robert C. Byrd: “I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the…”

I fully agree and I compliment you and our ranking member.

Does the administration have any plans for attacks against Syria, either because of the assassination in Lebanon or for its supposed hand in the Iraqi insurgency?

the same situation that obtained prior to the entry of the war with Iraq might, in some respects, lend itself to a repeat in the case of Syria and/or Iran.

I cannot see how under the doctrine of preemptive strike that any President can make this decision by himself.