Congress video follow up

The Power Game: Congress

But first the news:

Israeli Election Appears Tight, NYT Feb. 11, 2009
Iran Offers ‘Dialogue With Respect’ With U.S., NYT Feb. 11, 2009
With over 90 percent of votes counted, Kadima leads Likud 28 to 27 seats, Haaretz, Feb. 11, 2009
Livni: Today the people chose Kadima, Haaretz, Feb. 11, 2009
Netanyahu: Right wing, led by Likud, won a clear victory , Haaretz, Feb. 11, 2009
Watch Israel election results as they come in throughout the night, [shows you party % votes] Haaretz, Feb. 11, 2009
Barak: Labor not averse to leading from within opposition, Haaretz, Feb. 11, 2009
Lieberman: We hold the key to the next Israeli government, Haaretz, Feb. 11, 2009
LIVE ELECTION BLOG: Will Livni, Netanyahu settle for rotation, sharing premiership? Haaretz, Feb. 11, 2009
ANALYSIS / For the sake of peace, Labor and Kadima must merge, Haaretz, Feb. 11, 2009
Wooed by Kadima and Likud, Lieberman agrees to more talks with Livni, Haaretz, Feb. 12, 2009
White House: Unclear how Israel elections will affect Mideast peace, Haaretz, Feb. 12, 2009
Pro-Palestinian Bronx Expressway banner - a Jewish initiative, Haaretz, Feb. 12, 2009
In Israeli Vote, With Two Parties Nearly Tied, the Winner Is Gridlock, NYT Feb 12, 2009
Freed Egyptian Protester Describes Ordeal, but Fate of Seized Blogger Is Unknown, NYT Feb 12, 2009
Obama’s Special Envoy Arrives in Afghanistan, NYT Feb 12, 2009


Two years ago:

Many Voices, No Debate, as Senate Is Stifled on War, NYT Feb 7, 2007

Further thoughts on war-making power:

Beirut 1982-84 (Ronald Reagan Administration); 241 US marines (and 58 French paratroopers) killed on Oct. 23, 1983; only in the fall of 1983 did Reagan refer to Section 2(a) of the War Powers Resolution! ("situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicatd by the circumtances")
Invasion of Grenada Oct. 25, 1983
Libya - Gulf of Sirte 1981, then 1986
G.H.W. Bush: 1989 Panama - to oust President Noriega
Bush-Clinton: 1992-1993 Somalia: UN peackeeping mission "Restore Hope"
Clinton's wars: Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq 1993-2000 no fly zones.
and the lack of intervnetion in Rwanda 1994 - Hutu genocide of Tutsi (and liberal Hutu).

The video - you may review part one and two of this video about Congress. And you may also examine the Constitution of the USA and the congressional comittees of the Senate and the House relevant to foreign policy -:

John Kerry's Senate Foreign Relations Committee...and see ex-Chairman Richard Lugar's role in the issues of South African sanctions in 1985, also Philippines Aquino/Marcos crisis....and recall the late Senator J.W. Fulbright (d. 1995).
Senate Armed Services Committee (especially relevant to next week's discussion of the Pentagon)
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House Committee on International Relations - Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia
House Armed Services Committee (especially relevant to next week's discussion of the Pentagon)

Main page Feb 12, 2009 Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin.Questions, Comments, and Suggestions to chenry@mail.utexas.edu