![]() military into action without the prior approval of Congress.Īrticle I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. ![]() Each of these Presidents ordered the U.S. Bush (Panama), Reagan (Grenada, Lebanon, and Libya), Carter (the failed mission to rescue the Iran hostages) and Ford (Vietnam and Mayaguez incident). Bush (the initial attacks after 9-11), Clinton (Kosovo, Haiti, Iraq), George H.W. President authorizing military actions without prior congressional approval was questioned by some in the administrations of every President in recent history: Obama (Libya and the raid to kill Bin Laden), George W. The issue was raised, for example, when President Obama launched airstrikes against Libya in 2011. ![]() Pundits and politicians have asked this question, and some have raised objections, for years. With President Trump’s decision to launch Tomahawk Cruise missiles at a Syrian air base believed to be the source of chemical weapons that Syria’s President Assad used against his own people and the use of the largest non-nuclear bomb against ISIS in Afghanistan, the question of whether the President has the authority to take such actions is again in the news.
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