To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States.
Whereas, on September 11, 2001, acts of treacherous violence were committed against the United States and its citizens; and
Whereas, such acts render it both necessary and appropriate that the United States exercise its rights to self-defense and to protect United States citizens both at home and abroad; and
Whereas, in light of the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by these grave acts of violence; and
Whereas, such acts continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States; and
Whereas, the President has authority under the Constitution to take action to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism against the United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This joint resolution may be cited as the `Authorization for Use of Military Force'.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
(a) IN GENERAL-
That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.
(b) War Powers Resolution Requirements-
(1) SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION- Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS- Nothing in this resolution supercedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution.
Why does the State of Texas stand for that? What, do they have representative democracy there or something? Get the UN out here pronto with a treaty, we can't have states making decisions based on the will of the people.
As for Kyoto, only the big developed nations are required to adhere to its restrictions. The big up-and-coming industrial nations like India, China, and Malaysia don't have to do a thing. This could be argued as one of the points of the founders of the Kyoto treaty, to bash the West while giving the rest of the world an advantage.
Let's be real here for a moment, if Pim Fortuyn was a communist who was murdered by a neofascisct, there would have been a witch-hunt in the media to rival the night of the long knives. But, he was a right-winger murdered by a radical environmentalist, so no harm done there. The newspapers let the matter drop after a few days.
Reagan wasn't shot for political purposes, he was shot by a madman.
Nice job tying Enron in there. Enron didn't have anything to do with tax fraud.
Dude, you really need to open your mind and read some alternative viewpoints...when's the last time you didn't agree with something you read, only to discover later that you were wrong?
Cuba is a Communist dictatorship that denies its people voting rights, freedom, and engages in brutal opression. Oh, but all this is a "temporary" measure until the "enemies of the revolution" (who were infiltrated by the US) can be found out and exposed.
Naturally, such a country can only be a friend to the US!
Another pointless America-basher...anyone who thinks American space travel is Americans-only should take a walk around NASA or JPL some time. More foreigners than the UN, and they all put American spacecraft into orbit.
P.S. there are no Martians, that was a hoax from the 1890s...
Here's an experiment: Go and try to get a job with unicef or one of the other spaghetti soup acronyms you just mentioned. You won't get it, and the reason why will change your opinion on the UN.
College radio has no advertising. Nobody knows it's there. And most people are scared to go below 92 on their radio dials, because that's where the boring classical stations and *shudder* NPR are.
Solaris has always charged for installations of more than 8 processors. They're simply lowering the limit to 2. The prices aren't unreasonable. You'll hardly notice the OS charges on the bill if you're purchasing a Sun server. Note: these are list prices, and nobody pays list prices.
Ssssh! Don't tell these things! If NASA can't define the condition of the Deep Space Network as a 'problem', funds will never be allocated for a fix. "Oh, you have a workaround," Congress observes. "Then, the problem is already taken care of. Let's move on to the next item on the budget."
Scientists are detail-oriented by nature, and for them to miss a small detail such as the proper pluralization of a word they use constantly is out-of-character.
Oh, right. The article was written by a journalist, not a scientist. I take back my statement.
Photo snob. His object was obviously to reduce costs. "Real photographers only use real film" is as ignorant a statement as "real programmers don't use MS-Windows".
Other countries lack the resources to engage in projects of such monumental nature. Europe, the USA's nearest competitor, is woefully out of date. Russia tries but it'll be a generation until they get their act together. That's why the Crusader artillery was recently cancelled, to spend resources on next-generation weapons like UCAVs that no competitor to the USA can match.
This isn't an arms race on the level of increasing the range or power of your soldiers' field guns. It's about information technology. Of course, the USA will have its secrets stolen by the vast array of spy networks inside its government.
Funny you should mention plowshares, this unmanned vehicle will spawn civilian uses, have no doubt of that. Aerial traffic control, weather monitoring, agricultural use, land surveys, apartment hunting, you name it. As always, it will be a number of years before any real products appear.
Lego, like TSR and Microsoft, has a rather nasty history of suing anyone who goes 'boo'. All you have to do is whisper 'Lego' and they're all over your ass. Most old-family owned places are like this, must be something.
What a pompous, elitist point of view. So only "hardcore gamers" can have a point of view on video games?
Personally, I think "hardcore gamers" are weak. Any real "hardcore" gamer would have immediately made a connection with The Last Starfighter rather than a stinker like Toys.
Ooo, ooo, how politically correct of you to point that out. Bonus points for being politically correct. Minus points for saying you look good anyway...feminism is not about looking good.
Oh, so California did build new capacity during the 10 years leading up to the shortage? Oh, they didn't? Darn, then I guess they're at the mercy of the market. Better regulate the market because California is too good to have to pay for its shortsighted ways.
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Joint Resolution
To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States.
Whereas, on September 11, 2001, acts of treacherous violence were committed against the United States and its citizens; and
Whereas, such acts render it both necessary and appropriate that the United States exercise its rights to self-defense and to protect United States citizens both at home and abroad; and
Whereas, in light of the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by these grave acts of violence; and
Whereas, such acts continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States; and
Whereas, the President has authority under the Constitution to take action to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism against the United States: Now, therefore, be it
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
As for Kyoto, only the big developed nations are required to adhere to its restrictions. The big up-and-coming industrial nations like India, China, and Malaysia don't have to do a thing. This could be argued as one of the points of the founders of the Kyoto treaty, to bash the West while giving the rest of the world an advantage.
Reagan wasn't shot for political purposes, he was shot by a madman.
Nice job tying Enron in there. Enron didn't have anything to do with tax fraud.
class definitions, self-valorization, wow...you're not a member of the CPUSA are you? You had to fight yourself not to quote Marx, right?
Cuba is a Communist dictatorship that denies its people voting rights, freedom, and engages in brutal opression. Oh, but all this is a "temporary" measure until the "enemies of the revolution" (who were infiltrated by the US) can be found out and exposed.
Naturally, such a country can only be a friend to the US!
P.S. there are no Martians, that was a hoax from the 1890s...
Here's an experiment: Go and try to get a job with unicef or one of the other spaghetti soup acronyms you just mentioned. You won't get it, and the reason why will change your opinion on the UN.
College radio has no advertising. Nobody knows it's there. And most people are scared to go below 92 on their radio dials, because that's where the boring classical stations and *shudder* NPR are.
Solaris has always charged for installations of more than 8 processors. They're simply lowering the limit to 2. The prices aren't unreasonable. You'll hardly notice the OS charges on the bill if you're purchasing a Sun server. Note: these are list prices, and nobody pays list prices.
Sun doesn't sell "big iron". You could fit one each of all of Sun's models in a single semi trailer.
Ssssh! Don't tell these things! If NASA can't define the condition of the Deep Space Network as a 'problem', funds will never be allocated for a fix. "Oh, you have a workaround," Congress observes. "Then, the problem is already taken care of. Let's move on to the next item on the budget."
Oh, right. The article was written by a journalist, not a scientist. I take back my statement.
Photo snob. His object was obviously to reduce costs. "Real photographers only use real film" is as ignorant a statement as "real programmers don't use MS-Windows".
If it didn't have a P.C. ending, it wouldn't have qualified for an award...
That's lawyer-think. And they're called 'legos', not 'bricks'.
This isn't an arms race on the level of increasing the range or power of your soldiers' field guns. It's about information technology. Of course, the USA will have its secrets stolen by the vast array of spy networks inside its government.
Funny you should mention plowshares, this unmanned vehicle will spawn civilian uses, have no doubt of that. Aerial traffic control, weather monitoring, agricultural use, land surveys, apartment hunting, you name it. As always, it will be a number of years before any real products appear.
As good as PGP? You think so? Really?
That whole microwave oven thing was Serbian/MGB disinformation from the Kosovo campaign. Just so you know.
Seriously, who cares what some corporation thinks? I had legos as a kid and they're mine, not theirs. Get it, grammar nazi?
Lego, like TSR and Microsoft, has a rather nasty history of suing anyone who goes 'boo'. All you have to do is whisper 'Lego' and they're all over your ass. Most old-family owned places are like this, must be something.
Personally, I think "hardcore gamers" are weak. Any real "hardcore" gamer would have immediately made a connection with The Last Starfighter rather than a stinker like Toys.
Ooo, ooo, how politically correct of you to point that out. Bonus points for being politically correct. Minus points for saying you look good anyway...feminism is not about looking good.
Americans don't take Hollywood's output as Gospel, please. Gimme a break. Don't USA-bashers like you belong at K5 instead? Quit slumming at slashdot.
Oh, so California did build new capacity during the 10 years leading up to the shortage? Oh, they didn't? Darn, then I guess they're at the mercy of the market. Better regulate the market because California is too good to have to pay for its shortsighted ways.