and for what. it has been used over 37 times in 14 countries for many, many actions non-related to 9/11. so for the last seven or eight years, i have been trying to repeal this. each time that a defense authorization or appropriation bill comes up, i provide an amendment, which of course doesn t pass, but we re up to maybe 140 or 150 votes, and i m going to continue to do this until we get to 218 because minimally, we should come back to congress. we should repeal this resolution, have a debate and a vote on a new authorization for these war footings which we are in a variety now of wars that congress has not yet authorized. congresswoman, it s interesting because during the campaign, you had both people on the left, the sort of bernie sanders left, as well as people who supported donald trump who felt that it was hillary clinton was the risk of being, you know, a war president, that she was the hawkish one and that somehow donald trump would be less likely to get us into a war. so w
and for what. it has been used over 37 times in 14 countries for many, many actions non-related to 9/11. so for the last seven or eight years, i have been trying to repeal this. each time that a defense authorization or appropriation bill comes up, i provide an amendment, which of course doesn t pass, but we re up to maybe 140 or 150 votes, and i m going to continue to do this until we get to 218 because minimally, we should come back to congress. we should repeal this resolution, have a debate and a vote on a new authorization for these war footings which we are in a variety now of wars that congress has not yet authorized. congresswoman, it s interesting because during the campaign, you had both people on the left, the sort of bernie sanders left, as well as people who supported donald trump who felt that it was hillary clinton was the risk of being, you know, a war president, that she was the hawkish one and that somehow donald trump would be less likely to get us into a war.
announcements at the school that were not in english. somebody who richard spencer, white supremacist, claims he mentored at duke, although now stephen miller denies it. why isn t the republican party up in arms with someone like that with that kind of racial history being not just part of the administration but leading the policy hop? . let s go above the racial questions if you will. this is the quiet anxiety of most republicans including congressional republicans is how serious is the president taking this job? he is our president, president donald trump, like him or loathe him. how seriously is he accepting this responsibility? and the anxiety we have is based upon the decisions he made in the first 30 days. the people he is surrounding himself with. at some point, joy, this is very important, i mentioned bush 43, you know, nine months into bush 43 s administration, he became a war president. politics can be fun and games, it can be sport during a campaign, but this is real life.
arlington during the day before the election before the inauguration. it s very important to send a signal that they understand the seriousness of being commander in chief. it s not a matter of spectacle or performance. it s a matter of lives and security. it s extremely important and i would say a good choice on the part of president-elect trump that he and the vice president-elect are going to arlington today. but this is something that s traditional. all incoming presidents make an appearance, is that right? some have not. some have not. it was very important for president-elect obama not only go to arlington but to visit with the wounded warriors, to send the signal that he was a war president, that he was succeeding another war president. everyone should be watching the symbolism in the next two days, not only is power passing but in
see is more of this emphasis on the hawkish vein of the republican party. you have chris christie who will enter this race. he s going to give foreign policy address and sound much more hawkish. you have people like lindsey graham who will enter this race june 1st. he is a hawk s hawk of this party. so i think republicans look at george bush s legacy and one is the iraq war but it s also a two-term president in 2004 he got 11 more million votes in 2004 than he did in 2000 because he presented himself as a war president. that s been a winning formula at least in many instances for republicans and that s why you see so many of them going back to that bush doctrine of robust engagement on militarily. to a point you were talking about to straddle different legs the three legged stool of the republican party, doesn t that also mean it s a recipe for