On the recordFebruary 16, 2005
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.
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Robert C. Byrd
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congress.govEditor's note · Context
Byrd expresses concern about potential military action without congressional approval.
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to start--in an appropriations supplemental, a multiyear appropriations request, strikes me to be very, very strange.