Cord Byrd: “I am fearful that in recent years especially, American Presidents in both parties have not recognized that fact, and…”

“I am fearful that in recent years especially, American Presidents in both parties have not recognized that fact, and they have sent men and women into areas of peril without taking the Congress along with them. I think we learned in Vietnam that unless the American people are behind an effort such as that, it cannot succeed. I believe that Congress ought to fulfill its duties. But I also believe that Congress has to take a stand and demand that its constitutional prerogatives be recognized. No President can carry on a war without the support of Congress or without the support of the American people. We are on the edge of a great precipice here of national danger. And what is happening in the Balkans is something that should be of great concern to all of us and to the people of the world.”