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Joe Biden: “First, that the President of the United States, if he were to decide to use ground troops, would need congressional…”

On the recordApril 20, 1999
First, that the President of the United States, if he were to decide to use ground troops, would need congressional authorization. Second, that we and the President should not ever take anything off the table once we are in a war, in order to be able to successfully prosecute that war. And third, that we consider a resolution that talks about the use of ground force. Senator McCain had a better idea. He said, ``Joe, why don't we do a resolution that suggests the President use whatever means are at his disposal in order to meet the objectives that are stated in the resolution?''
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for congressional authorization for military action.

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