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EXCERPT | " ...[T]he U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to declare war, and not the president, and that President Obama is violating the Constitution by commiting U.S. forces to Libya without congressional authorization.
"If Congress does not challenge a president's dismissal of the clear meaning of Article 1, Section 8 [of the Constituion], then we will have tacitly endorsed a president's violation of the Constitution and guaranteed the perpetuation of future constitutional transgressions," said Anti-war Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio."It is a pedantic effort to embarass the president without taking any ownership for the policy of the intervention," said Democratic Congressman Howard Berman of California.
"The news that the U.S. House of Representatives had mandated a withdrawal of U.S. forces would send a ray of sunshine into the whole in which Gadhafi is currently hiding," said House Foreign Affairs Commitee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen." ... President Obama has explained why he decided to commit forces to Libya - to prevent an almost certain massacre of civilians. (Saine, Cindy. June 3, 2011. VOA US House Criticizes Obama on Libya. www.voanews.com)
ABC News reported on March 29, 2011: "... One week after an international military coalition intervened in Libya, the cost to U.S. taxpayers has reached at least $600 million, according figures provided by the Pentagon.U.S. ships and submarines in the Mediterranean have unleashed at least 191 Tomahawk cruise missiles from their arsenals to the tune of $268.8 million, the Pentagon said.
U.S. warplanes have dropped 455 precision guided bombs, costing tens of thousands of dollars each. ... "
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http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/US-House-Criticizes-Obama-on-Libya-123124048.html
http://thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/africa-mainmenu-27/6761-a-real-costbenefit-analysis-of-libyan-intervention
http://www.infowars.com/cost-of-libya-intervention-600-million-for-first-week-pentagon-says/
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