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Before adjourning last week, a wary Congress passed legislation to allow the House and Senate leadership, and not only the President, to call the two chambers back into session "as necessary" -- meaning in the event of fighting in the Middle East. Even so, it is unlikely that Bush would consult with Congress before any bullets start flying in the gulf. That would deprive him of the element of surprise, to say nothing of the freedom to stand alone as Commander in Chief without lawmakers' hogging the stage...
BACK in early August, Harvard's presidential search committee seemed like it would welcome--and even solicit--student opinion during the search process. The nine committee members--six from Harvard's governing Corporation and three from its alumni-elected Board of Overseers--said that they would consult in the fall with "all interested parties," including "constituted student groups." They promised to meet with at least two of Harvard's student governments--the Undergraduate Council and the Law School Council. And they promised to mail letters to all students asking for advice...
...clipping at Secretary of State James Baker last week. It reported that Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze had told his country's parliament he would seek its prior approval for any military involvement in the Persian Gulf. "Can you make the same promise?" asked Pell. "We will continue to consult," replied Baker. But he added, "What I cannot do is make a general, across-the-board commitment...
...weaknesses of the War Powers Act is that it fails to specify who should be consulted or exactly when (Ronald Reagan informed Capitol Hill leaders of the impending U.S. air strike on Libya in 1986 only after the bombers were in the air and nearing their targets). Nunn would remedy that by setting up a bipartisan group that the President would be required to consult with regularly, including times when Congress is not in session. That provision could be important; the most widely repeated war scenario on the Washington rumor circuit calls for fighting to begin in mid-November -- during...
...College and Graduate School should consult student representatives about cuts that may affect undergraduate or graduate services...