that was then, this is now

http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2011/03/24/impeach-barack-obama/

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Barack Obama can himself be called as the first witness to the hearings on 
his impeachment, so obvious is his crime. In 2008 as a candidate for the 
presidency he replied as follows to a question from the Boston Globe's 
Charlie Savage.

Savage: "In what circumstances, if any, would the president have 
constitutional authority to bomb Iran without seeking a use-of-force 
authorization from Congress? (Specifically, what about the strategic 
bombing of suspected nuclear sites -- a situation that does not involve 
stopping an IMMINENT threat?)

Obama: "The President does not have 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."

High members of his administration agree and might provide ancillary 
testimony. Vice President Joseph Biden has declared: "The Constitution is 
clear: except in response to an attack or the imminent threat of attack, 
only Congress may authorize war and the use of force." Secretary of State 
Hillary Clinton was of the same opinion: "If the country is under truly 
imminent threat of attack, of course the President must take appropriate 
action to defend us. At the same time, the Constitution requires Congress 
to authorize war. I do not believe that the President can take military 
action -- including any kind of strategic bombing -- against Iran without 
congressional authorization."

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