&host=www.rt.com&uri=/news/senate-obama-military-libya/&via=1.1 8.27.241.151:80 (Footprint 4.8/FPMCP)&ua=CCBot/1.0 (+http://www.commoncrawl.org/bot.html))
Senate gives blessing to Obama for military intervention in Libya
Published: 29 June, 2011, 18:22
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has authorized American involvement in the military mission in Libya (image from american-rattlesnake.org)
(2.3Mb) embed videoTAGS: Conflict, Military, NATO, Obama, USA, Anissa Naouai, Libya
In Washington, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has finally authorized American involvement in the military mission – something President Obama was strongly pushing for.
The vote was 14 to 5 in the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday. The resolution gives approval for US warplanes and unmanned drones to continue limited strikes for up to one year, but forbids the deployment of ground troops.
At the Tuesday hearing, a top US State Department lawyer Harold Koh told a Senate panel, which was divided over Obama's authority to commit US military resources to the conflict, that the US president was acting within the law in ordering military attacks against Libya. He insisted that the commander-in-chief did not require congressional authorization for his actions.
"This administration is acting lawfully, consistent with both the letter and the spirit of the constitution and the War Powers Resolution," Koh told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as quoted by AP.
At the same time, Koh faced both Republicans and Democrats who challenged his stance that air strikes and drone attacks on Gaddafi's forces did not qualify as military intervention.
"We are contributing 70 per cent of the coalition's intelligence capabilities and the majority of its refuelling assets. The fact that we are leaving most of the shooting to other countries does not mean the United States is not involved in acts of war," AP quoted a top Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana as saying.
Just days ago, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted down a measure to carry on military action in Libya. This had no immediate effect on the campaign, but represented a symbolic falling-out between congress and the president.
29.06.2011, 17:39
Hitting high note in zero gravityThe crew that returned from the International Space Station last month have been holding their traditional meeting at Russia's Star City outside Moscow. |
29.06.2011, 19:15
2 comments
“IMF under Lagarde will not tackle global economic problems” - financial journalistChristine Lagarde’s appointment as the head of the IMF comes amid growing problems in the European economy. Journalist Daniel Ben-Ami says after her appointment the IMF will not start tackling the fundamental problems with the global economy. |
As an American all that comes to my mind is "The Fall of Rome" is being repeated from history. Those who do not learn from history, are destined to repeat it.
The U.S. Presidents sever as dictators and the congress servers as rubber stamp for these dictators, in the name of democracy.
The President do what ever the rich and powerful companies dictators tell him to do. The US Senate say the president is right and House says he wrong and they always in the end, together vote aganist the people interest and in favor of the rich and powful dictator that runs the oil company, the drug cartel and etc. Every day taking away our freedom and their's for a fist full of dollars and self pride wich will destroy NATO and any other society following their example.
Let's me clearly to the world that Libya war is not Republican war.
It is the war of current U.S. president Mr. Obama wants to fight the war as wellas his party war after I watched and listened U.S. Congress debate about
war in the Libya.
Most of Democratic party member likes to support the war in the Libya by
saying to support freedom and democracy.
It is true statement most of democractic party member told it.