Word: consenting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President to take a step towards escalation of the conflict without having the support and understanding of the Senate and of the American people." The chief issue, said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman J. William Fulbright, is "the authority of the Administration to expand the war without the consent of Congress and without any debate or consideration by Congress...
...Nebraska, Oregon and Indiana fall one after another this month, Rockefeller will doubtless be criticized for his decision to remain aloof, but it seems unlikely that he will reconsider at this stage. Yet his drive needs some impetus. By week's end he had already given tacit consent to the formation of Rockefeller-for-President groups in each state, and organizational work was beginning. These units may soon be meshed into a national organization. It is still questionable whether a draft can be induced in this manner for Rockefeller. Moreover, by boycotting the primaries he will run the risk...
...there are also new risks. The write-in efforts that now have Rockefeller's consent could fizzle. Speaking out on controversial issues could renew enmity as well as arouse a following. The press that gave Romney such a bad time will now be dissecting Rockefeller's every move to see whether the "draft" meets his own criteria of being "meaningful, natural and genuine...
There should be limits on the televising of University events. The University is right to keep commercial television off the campus; only educational programs should be permitted. Furthermore, no program should be televised without the consent of its sponsors and participants--who certainly have the right to direct a program exclusively at the University community if they so choose. The University's own policy should be open, leaving censorship to the sponsors and educational television programmers. If the University has any confidence in the triumph of right thinking, it should not worry excessively about the dangers of a one-sided...
...passed the Tonkin Resolution, which even Senator William Fulbright conceded at the time gave the President the authority to use such force as could lead to war. Many U.S. Presidents have had much less support for their actions, notably Lincoln, who blockaded Southern ports without congressional consent...