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Sunlei

(22,651 posts) Mon Nov 10, 2014, 11:16 AM Nov 2014

White House: We will send more troops in Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The President, facing opposition from both parties over his plan to send more troops to Iraq, said he has the authority to act no matter what Congress wants. "I fully understand they could try to stop me from doing it. But I've made my decision. And we're going forward," The President told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview to air Sunday night.

The Vice President asserted that lawmakers' criticism will not influence the presidents plans and he dismissed any effort to "run a war by committee." "The president is the commander in chief. He's the one who has to make these tough decisions,".

The defiant White House stance comes as both the House and Senate, prepare to vote on resolutions that oppose additional U.S. troops in Iraq. The VP said those nonbinding votes would not affect the presidents ability to carry out his policies.

"He's the guy who's got to decide how to use the force and where to deploy the force," The VP said. "And Congress obviously has to support the effort through the power of the purse. So they've got a role to play, and we certainly recognize that. But you also cannot run a war by committee."

http://web.archive.org/web/20070114221322/http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/14/US.iraq.ap/index.html

January 14, 2007

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White House: We will send more troops in Iraq (Original Post) Sunlei Nov 2014 OP

So let me get this straight Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #1

apparently a president can disregard what congress or 'the people' want in 'our gov.' Sunlei Nov 2014 #2

Dick Cheney: Spend More On Defense, Not On Roads Or Food Stamps jakeXT Nov 2014 #3

That man will outlive us all and cost us our entire Nation. Sunlei Nov 2014 #4

Man from Pickens

(1,713 posts)

1. So let me get this straight

Reply to Sunlei (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 11:19 AM

Nov 2014

even when a GOP Congress doesn't want an escalation of US involvement in yet another war, Obama is going to plow ahead with it anyway, damn the torpedoes (or any effort to muster public support for the war effort)?

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

2. apparently a president can disregard what congress or 'the people' want in 'our gov.'

Reply to Man from Pickens (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 11:48 AM

Nov 2014

And the Vice President can state to congress exactly what their duty is and what will happen. And so it was.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

3. Dick Cheney: Spend More On Defense, Not On Roads Or Food Stamps

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 01:59 PM

Nov 2014

WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that President Barack Obama is "devastating" the U.S. military and needs to divert more resources away from domestic priorities such as rebuilding roads and making sure low-income people can get food.

During an event sponsored by Politico, Cheney said the next president needs to "turn around the whole trend" of cutting defense dollars.

"That ought to be our top priority for spending. Not food stamps, not highways or anything else," Cheney said. "Your No. 1 responsibility as president is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. [Obama] is the commander-in-chief and he's absolutely devastating the United States military today.”

Cheney was a leading advocate of invading Iraq in 2003. He said last month that he has no regrets about waging that war, which carried a price tag of an estimated $2.2 trillion and 190,000 lives.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/14/dick-cheney-defense-spending_n_5585129.html

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

4. That man will outlive us all and cost us our entire Nation.

Reply to jakeXT (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 02:10 PM

Nov 2014

King of the war profiteer-lobbyist, shields himself from global wrath with an entire country of innocents.

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