SEN. FRIST THINKS BUSH CAN BOMB SYRIA, IRAN OR ANYBODY ELSE

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SEN. FRIST: BUSH CAN BOMB SYRIA, IRAN OR ANYBODY ELSE

 

 

cnn.com | 1 Nov 2004 | Senator Bill Frist,

 

 

CNN

 

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0411/01/lkl.01.html

 

CALLER: Hello. I have a question. If President Bush is reelected

and if he decided to launch a preemptive attack on Syria or Iran,

would he need congressional approval this time around?

 

KING: Senator Frist?

 

FRIST: No, he would not, as commander-in-chief, have to have

congressional approval. The whole war powers is always debated in the

United States Congress each and every time. That power is used but he

would not have to have congressional approval.

 

KING: Do you agree, Senator Mitchell?

 

MITCHELL: No, I don't.

 

KING: You don't agree?

 

MITCHELL: No, I don't.

 

KING: Explain.

 

MITCHELL: The Congress has the sole authority to declare war. The

president is the commander-in-chief. An invasion or bombing of a

country is an act of war. And I think he would need it and I think

even if he felt he didn't need it it would be prudent for him to seek

it before launching any military action.