Haley Stevens: “I sense the Senator from Massachusetts wants to place the responsibility for those who are in harm's way, who do lose…”

“I sense the Senator from Massachusetts wants to place the responsibility for those who are in harm's way, who do lose their lives, who do, as we say, make the ultimate sacrifice for democracy; and he wants to have a plan in advance. It is true I voted for that resolution. It was precatory. It was a sense of the Senate saying to the President of the United States we think he ought to get as many people in there to help as possible. We think we ought to get the U.N. involved. We think we ought to use NATO forces to the extent we think we can. We think we ought to get a burden-sharing arrangement in Iraq because it is in the best interests of the whole world that we have eliminated Saddam Hussein. It is in the best interests of the world that peace be restored in Iraq. I firmly believe that. We passed a resolution that told the President to use all necessary means to achieve the objectives we outlined. He asked for our approval of his intention to deploy our forces to take down the Saddam Hussein regime. I absolutely agree. I voted for the resolution. It had nothing to do with asking the President to make the statements and to give us within 30 days a statement of justification for his actions in seeking or failing to seek NATO participation or a United Nations Security Council resolution: Thirty days; tell us now; and, if you haven't done it in 30 days, you failed. How is that consistent with the Constitution?”