Congress wants voice in Liberia deployment

[Nambe]

WASHINGTON (AP)

The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee said yesterday they want President George W. Bush to get congressional approval before he sends any U.S. troops to Liberia. ---

A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was unlikely Bush would decide before his departure tonight whether to send troops.

Sen. John Warner, the Armed Services Committee chairman, said that because of the chaotic conditions of the past few years in Liberia, "We’ve got to think through very, very carefully the insertion of U.S. forces in there.

"It’s a presidential decision, but I would say to the Senate leadership, and most respectfully to the president, I would want a vote in the Congress before we begin to commit substantial forces into that region," he told NBC’s "Meet the Press." ---

Banish bush From Texas Too

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Mebbe

Congresss is starting to reasert itself, or reminding the boy king that he cannot order things just willy nilly... of course the boy can and I suspect will, use the War Powers Act

[malachi]

2. How log

has john warner been dead?

[MoonAndSun]

3. Ever since Liz Taylor divorced him!

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