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...level the American presidency hasn't seen since Truman's surge of popularity after World War II. But as Bush's presidency has become the symbol of American strength, Congress's influence on foreign policy has sharply declined. Its Constitutional war powers are a significant casualty of the Persian Gulf conflict...
Through the first four months of the Gulf crisis, congress was virtually silent. When lawmakers should have been adding their voices to the formulation of Gulf policy, they went home to campaign for reelection. They gave Bush implicit sanction to send hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops into the Persian Gulf without their formal approval...
...collective judgment of both congress and the President" will figure into a decision to take the United States to war. But despite its intentions, the resolution has only widened the schism between the executive and legislative branches in determining war policy. And with Bush's unilateral navigation of the Persian Gulf crisis, Congress's effective influence in shaping foreign policy has reached its lowest point since Vietnam...
While 500,000 U.S. troops were preparing for war in the Persian Gulf from August to January, Bush never admitted that hostilities were imminent. He never filed the report to Congress, even as the military plans for Desert Storm were being finalized and the January 15 deadline for military action was approaching...
Some cities have started looking for their tourist dollars closer to home. "The Persian Gulf war gave rise to a resurgence of patriotism in the U.S. that in the long run may translate to more people staying Stateside for their vacations this year," says Merrett Stierheim, president of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau. In mid-March his bureau unveiled the first in a series of advertisements for a $2 million year-long campaign designed to show off the city's colorful Caribbean culture. In one spot, hometown singer Gloria Estefan coos to her parrot, "We just love coming...