Bush does not need Congress approval to attack Iraq
Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/27/2002

White House legal advisors have considered that the US President George Bush does not need to get the approval of the Congress in order to launch a military attack against Iraq.

Officials at the White House said on Monday that Bush's Aides related their conclusion on this issue on three basic elements. The first, as they said is that the American constitution, according to which the US President assumes the post of the highest commander of the armed forces; and a decision adopted by the US congress in 1991 gives President Bush the right to use the force in the Gulf war, and third is the decision issued on September 14, 2001.

The spokesman for the White House explained that any decision that might be taken by Bush will be based on more than one of the said elements.

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