First of all, what we are saying is that this -- our current actions in Libya or in this mission do not fall under the War Powers resolution because they do not meet the threshold of hostilities as envisioned by the War Powers resolution.
The hearing on Congress' war powers was chaired by a longtime opponent of the Iraq war, Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold.
In 1920, the Treaty of Sevres was signed between Turkey and the Allied powers after World War One, relieving Turkey of much of the land ruled by the Ottoman Empire.
What this reasoning is not saying is that -- is not addressing the constitutionality of the War Powers resolution.
But the important part here is that we are not making a judgment on the constitutionality of the War Powers Act with this reasoning.
For example, the sudden leap in to the headlines last week of war time controls of stop and search powers on the streets, which had not been cleared by the Cabinet.
There has obviously been debate and discussion among lawyers on the issue of applicability of the War Powers resolution, not surprising given how contentious the debate has been in the nearly 40 years since the resolution passed.
Therefore, it would appear that in five days, the administration will be in violation of the war powers resolution unless it asks for and receives authorization from Congress or withdraws all US troops and resources from the mission.
Congress adopted the War Powers Resolution (1973) in the aftermath of the undeclared Vietnam War.
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By the end of 1942 America's output of war materiel already exceeded the combined production of the three Axis powers, Germany, Italy and Japan.
Middle Earth was a land wracked by war, plagued by the powers of deeply evil semi-immortal beings.
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Obviously as a lawyer yourself, Chip, you know that there is a long history of legal debate about the War Powers resolution.
As we made clear yesterday, we believe U.S. forces are not engaged in the kind of hostilities envisaged by the War Powers resolution.
Today, Southeast Asia is largely free from divisions born of colonialism and the Cold War, and ASEAN is respected, not manipulated, by big powers (most of the time, at least).
The Supreme Court's decision in the case could be one of the most important on presidential war powers since World War II, or it could be a fizzle.
Far from limiting its war effort to fending off the encircling allied powers of Russia, France and Britain, German diplomats and soldiers tried to foment popular anti-colonial revolution in India and Egypt, to create a widespread Islamic jihad against the colonial rulers, to disrupt the allies' global communications.
Yet, to my knowledge, today we have no similar safeguards in place to what the DOD had during the Cold War years to check on the influence of foreign powers on American institutions.
The framers, having just experienced the horrors of the Continental currency (which had been used to finance the War of Independence) opted to limit federal monetary powers to coining money, which for legal tender purposes they defined as gold and silver.
As World War II approached, the balance of forces heavily favored the Allied powers.
Solana later teamed up with European union negotiator Carl Bildt as part of a fresh attempt by major powers to bring a negotiated settlement to the Balkan war.
Some people may be sceptical about how independent the War Crimes Tribunal would be if the big powers decided that in the interests of a peaceful transition in Serbia they did not want Mr Milosevic prosecuted.
The tide of anti-colonialism after the second world war was forcing Europe's imperial powers to grant independence almost everywhere.
The discussion of war finance and industrial mobilisation already shows the shape of eventual defeat for the central powers.
But the fighting has prompted fears among Iraqi leaders and international powers that the tensions between Sunnis and Shiites could escalate and bring a return of the full-blown sectarian war that raged last decade.
We do believe we have acted consistent with the War Powers resolution and we do think it would be -- we would welcome the support of Congress in the form of a resolution similar to the one put forward by senators -- the bipartisan resolution put forward by Senators McCain and Kerry and others.
In World War I the Allied strategy was to engage and defeat the center of gravity of the Central Powers, the German field army.
War among the great powers was a common, if not constant, occurrence in the long periods of multipolarity from the 16th to the 18th centuries, culminating in the series of enormously destructive Europe-wide wars that followed the French Revolution and ended with Napoleon's defeat in 1815.
Already during World War Two, however, the Allied powers declared Austria to be a victim - rather than accomplice - of Nazi aggression.
But as Wilson learned from the outbreak of World War I, the struggle for colonies had precipitated a savage and destructive war between the imperial powers themselves.
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