The Role of Congress in International Crises
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Channel: US National Archives · 2014 · Education
The Constitution, as part of its checks and balances, assigns Congress the power to declare war and the President to oversee the conduct and the direction of the war. A panel moderated by Clinton White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry and including former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, former members of Congress Chris Shays and John Tanner, and author and investigative journalist Bob Woodward, will examine how this division of powers and responsibilities has been interpreted in the past, how military action was taken without congressional authorization, and how the legislative branch plays a significant role when our nation is faced by international crisis.
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