Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 840170" data-attributes="member: 12952">Re: Obamanation here todayWashington (CNN) -- President Obama may be on the brink of breaking the law. At  issue: The 1973 War Powers Act, which says if the president does not  get congressional authorization 60 days after military action, the  mission must stop within 30 days. The president formally notified  Congress about the mission in Libya with a letter on March 21, which  makes Friday the 60-day deadline.the Washington Post op-ed: "If nothing  happens, history will say that the War Powers Act was condemned a quiet  death by a president who had solemnly pledged, on the campaign trail, to  put an end to indiscriminate war making."</blockquote>