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...have been contradictory in their signals, declared, however reluctantly, that they recognize war may indeed be necessary. Though no one would say it in so many words, the U.S.S.R., China (whose Foreign Minister, Qian Qichen, Baker met in Cairo) and France indicated that they would at least not veto a Security Council resolution approving the use of force. But the allies generally made it clear that such a resolution is a sine qua non if they are to go into battle alongside...
Plummer and other speakers said that Congress had, after 10 years of protest, approved a 50 percent cut in military aid to El Salvador. But President Bush can still veto that bill, Plummer said...
Alas, he told me it was because I attended a rally with such people, and that speaking at the rally made me an advocate of the sit-ins that I personally oppose. Sneider, by this standard, supports the official Crimson position giving students a veto over the presidential choice, since he did not dissent from The Crimson's editorial. This logic is absurd...
Some, like The Crimson in its editorials, have suggested that students have "veto power" over the search committee's presidential picks. I can already see the headlines: "Activists Reject Fourth Presidential Nominee: University Scrambles to Meet Demands." If you want a recipe for rancor and deadlock, follow The Crimson's advice...
...impotence during Vietnam led Congress to approve the War Powers Act in 1973. The law requires the President to obtain congressional approval within 90 days at most after he deploys U.S. troops to any area where he believes there is "imminent" danger of hostilities. Passed over Richard Nixon's veto, the War Powers Act has been denounced by every President since then as a usurpation of Executive authority. Even Congress has been reluctant to invoke it at the risk of appearing to stand in the way of American troops on the march...