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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
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Subject: Re: Making War
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Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 15:56:53 EST
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Has it really been *that* long since Vietnam???

This was a big-time subject during 'Nam; Congress debated it at
length, and eventually passed a law limiting the President's
authority to wage war without Congressional consent.  If my memory
serves me (memory's the first thing to go when you get old), it
was called the War Powers Act.  Check it out.
-- 
Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {elrond,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug