[email protected]: Bush Moves to Put Armed Forces on War Footing

Bush's invocation of the National Emergencies Act includes a list of
provisions of the US Code he intends to use.

Bush Moves to Put Armed Forces on War Footing
By Kendall Clark


   With these words,
   
     A national emergency exists by reason of the terrorist attacks at
     the World Trade Center, New York, New York, and the Pentagon, and
     the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the
     United States
     
   [1]President Bush declared a national emergency, invoking the the
   [2]National Emergencies Act, on 14 September, three days after the
   terrorist attacks on the WTC and Pentagon.
   
   The proclamation specifies some of the statutes of the US Code Bush
   intends to use. The statutes include the following.
   
  US Code Title 10
  
   Bush intends to use six sections of [3]Title 10, which concerns the
   Armed Forces.

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