Cord Byrd: “I said for the war in Korea, we did not have a declaration. Mr. Truman…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2002

I said for the war in Korea, we did not have a declaration. Mr. Truman put our troops there, and we didn't have a declaration. Let's go back to the war in Vietnam. I was here. I was one of the Senators who voted for the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. Yes, I voted for the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. I am sorry for that. I am guilty of doing that. I should have been one of the two, or at least I should have made it three, Senators who voted against that Gulf of Tonkin resolution. But I am not wanting to commit that sin twice, and that is exactly what we are doing here. This is another Gulf of Tonkin resolution. I am not going to vote for that this time. No. Don't count me in on that.

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Discussing the implications of military action without a declaration of war.

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Cord Byrd: “I said for the war in Korea, we did not have a declaration. Mr. Truman put our troops there, and we didn't have a…”

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