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Rick Allen: “Mr. Speaker, the separate substitute reflects four fundamental principles: First, our mission should be clear: disarming…”

On the recordOctober 8, 2002
Mr. Speaker, the separate substitute reflects four fundamental principles: First, our mission should be clear: disarming Iraq of all weapons of mass destruction; Second, it includes a sense of Congress supporting tough new, rigorous U.N. inspections; Third, it authorizes the use of force if sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council; and Fourth, it establishes a separate fast track congressional authorization of force if U.N. action is insufficient. In other words, the separate substitute authorizes the use of force today through the United Nations, but it provides no blank check now for unilateral military action.
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Rick Allen
Republican · Georgia
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Discussing a substitute resolution regarding military action in Iraq.

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