contractors are suddenly there purely out of self-interest concern the airbus group wants to expand its expertise and become europe s leading manufacturer of combat draw a kind of french german military axis as on the door transistor military oxic. jets assisted their joining forces with the bundeswehr to test and optimize weapons often to test. and there are all to make goal is to produce our own french german combat drones and sell them on the world market because. the german ministry of defense denies this scenario and says that in light of the worsening security situation the drones needed to become operational quickly. this one time decision which has been renewed annually until now there s no precedent for future procurement procedures. the americans have taken outsourcing a step further at one point more than thirty thousand private security contractors
frosted in congress over the lack of consultation as you know, and people have been reading back this quote from candidate barack obama in 2007. quote. the president does not have the power under the constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. history has shown us time and time again, military axis most successful when it is authorized and supported by the legislative branch. what happened in this instance? well, keep in mind that we had to move quickly to save lives. gadhafi s forces were on the edge of benghazi. i consulted with a bipartisan group, including the speaker of the house, including the republican leader in the senate, and made sure that they knew this was a possibility that might take place, but we might
frosted in congress over the lack of consultation as you know, and people have been reading back this quote from candidate barack obama in 2007. quote. the president does not have the power under the constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. history has shown us time and time again, military axis most successful when it is authorized and supported by the legislative branch. what happened in this instance? well, keep in mind that we had to move quickly to save lives. gadhafi s forces were on the edge of benghazi. i consulted with a bipartisan group, including the speaker of the house, including the republican leader in the senate, and made sure that they knew this was a possibility that might take place, but we might have to move quickly. now, since that time we ve had extensive consultations with congress, and the key point here
freedom fries. president obama said we have to work together, so you have the arab league, united nations, 10-0 vote with russia, china able to object if they chose to. so he is working in conjunction with the rest of the world as opposed a go alone attitude that the bush administration brought forward when it was in charge. congressman andrews, let s listen to how the president justified his decision today. our military axis in support of an international mandate from the security council that specifically focuses on the humanitarian threat posed by colonel gadhafi to his people. not only was he carrying out murders of civilians, but he threatened more.