Escalation? It's Not His Decision to Make

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Author(s) Ted Kennedy
Source The Huffington Post
Date January 9, 2007
URL http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-edward-m-kennedy-/escalation-its-not-his-_b_38216.html
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Quotes-start.png "Congress must exert its constitutional authority and demand a vote before any escalation in Iraq. In October 2002, Members of Congress authorized a war against the regime of Saddam Hussein, not to send our troops into a civil war. I voted against that resolution and feel an escalation of this war only compounds the original mistake of going in the first place." Quotes-end.png


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