The Houthis, formally known as Ansar Allah, originated in the 1990s to oppose perceived corruption by then-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, backed by Saudi Arabia s military.
says only congress can declare war, and that s correct. and the president will claim article 2, that says he is the commander in chief, and he can employ u.s. military forces to defend the united states and our military in this case. and of course that was sharpened back in 1973 under the war powers resolution. and under that resolution, passed by both houses, it basically said, reaffirmed their position, but where it came down to is the president could deploy military force, but had to notify the congress within 48 hours, and then of course had to go to congress within 60 days or withdraw them. i think president biden is going to abide by all those things. notifications have already been made. previous presidents, trump, obama, i m sure bush did the same thing. and so i think the president did the right thing here. overdue. i would continue to add, but did the right thing. and i think it will for the most part congress is going to support him for it. so secretary austin is still hos
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The U.S. military said on Sunday three commercial vessels came under attack in international waters in the southern Red Sea. The Iran-aligned Houthis said they had attacked two Israeli ships. The Israeli army said the ships had no link to Israel.
The drone came from Yemen and was heading in the direction of the USS Thomas Hudner destroyer, which was in international waters, when the shoot-down occurred, the Pentagon said.