{"id":24562,"date":"2011-06-21T15:01:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T19:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=24562"},"modified":"2011-06-21T15:22:19","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T19:22:19","slug":"strange-bedfellows-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=24562","title":{"rendered":"Strange Bedfellows?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senators move to authorize Libya mission<\/a><\/p>\n

Sen. John F. Kerry<\/a>, Massachusetts Democrat, who is Senate Foreign Relations Committee<\/a> chairman, and Sen. John McCain<\/a>, Arizona Republican, who is the ranking GOP<\/a> member on the Senate Armed Services Committee<\/a> \u2014 and, coincidentally, the last two losing presidential nominees<\/strong> \u2014 are co-sponsoring the resolution, which would grant Mr. Obama<\/a> \u201climited\u201d authorization to continue using force.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A curious development, to be sure. The House seems to be\u00a0 moving, however slowly, to cut off funds for the non-hostilities in Libya while at the same time these two are attempting an end run.<\/p>\n

I don’t understand the reasoning behind this move at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a blank check for the president. This resolution authorizes the limited use of American forces in a supporting role,\u201d Mr. Kerry<\/a> said in a floor speech to the Senate<\/a>. \u201cIt says specifically that the Senate<\/a> does not support the use of ground troops in Libya<\/a>. And it authorizes this limited use of American forces for a limited duration \u2014 it would expire in a year.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The White House has rather pointedly gone to great lengths to avoid even dealing with Congress and now this?<\/p>\n

The White House<\/a> has not actually sought congressional approval but repeatedly has said it would \u201cwelcome\u201d it if Congress<\/a> acted, and has pointed to Mr. Kerry<\/a>\u2019s resolution as a good step.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sure! “I don’t much care what you think, but if you want to agree with me that’s a good step.” The Great Unwashed will never understand anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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