Were glad to be back in session. Senator flake, if you will continue. Senator flake thank you mr. Chairman. We talked before the break about an aumf. E need i mentioned how few people were actually here. Than 100use, fewer members of the house were there was passed. 1 aumf 23ody on this panel but only members of the senate were here to vote. Simply helps. We have to have a situation where the congress is more involved here. Newderstand, say that a aumf would be welcomed but not required. Just for the benefit of everybody here, no administration would ever aumfde that you need an because the absence of it would suggest that what we have been doing for 16 years would be illegal. Certain activities we have undertaken. I think we all understand the administration will say that no aumf or no new authorities are needed by whether or not they are needed to provide a legal basis, they are certainly needed politically and we cannot continue to go on in a situation 70 of the house and the senate
[apple pound devil pound [gavel pound] were glad to be back in session. Senator flake, if you will continue. Senator flake thank you mr. Chairman. We talked before the break about an aumf. E need i mentioned how few people were actually here. Than 100use, fewer members of the house were there was passed. 1 aumf 23ody on this panel but only members of the senate were here to vote. Simply helps. We have to have a situation where the congress is more involved here. Newderstand, say that a aumf would be welcomed but not required. Just for the benefit of everybody here, no administration would ever aumfde that you need an because the absence of it would suggest that what we have been doing for 16 years would be illegal. Certain activities we have undertaken. I think we all understand the administration will say that no aumf or no new authorities are needed by whether or not they are needed to provide a legal basis, they are certainly needed politically and we cannot continue to go on in a s
Sen. Corker the committee is now coming back out of recess. As with the senate we had one member who lollygagged around and took longer than we thought. Its the story of the United States senate. Were glad to be back in session. Senator flake, continue your work. Mr. Flake thank you, mr. Chairman. We talked a little before the break about reasons we need an aumf. I mentioned how few people were actually here. Nobody on this panel voted in the senate on the aumf. In the house, fewer than 100 members of the house were there. When the 2001 aumf was passed. I think a total in the senate, nobody on this panel, but only 23 members of the senate were here to vote on the aumf. And so it simply helps, we have to have a situation where the congress is more involved here. I understand you say that a new aumf would be welcomed but not required. Just for the benefit of everybody here, no administration would ever concede that you need an aumf, because the absence of it would suggest that what weve
Started because were at 9 00. But im going to do this. Im going to read you a paragraph, just in case any of you wandered in without actually checking your program or the door, and you can guess what that paragraph what this panel is about. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than the peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples and shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the
Im going to read you a paragraph, just in case any of you wandered in without actually checking your program or the door, and you can guess what that paragraph what this panel is about. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than the peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples and shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when america is privileged to spend her