Hillary Clinton To Co-Sponsor Webb Amendment on Iran
by Todd Beeton, Mon Oct 01, 2007 at 02:22:59 PM EDT
How do you mitigate the fall-out from voting Yes on the Kyl-Lieberman amendment that designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group?
From Taylor Marsh:
In March, James Webb introduced legislation demanding that the President seek congressional approval before striking Iran.I've just learned that Senator Hillary Clinton will co-sponsor legislation with Webb and re-introduce it into the Senate.
To give you a sense of what the amendment will look like, here's the wording of Webb's original amendment:
Specifically, the amendment requires that the President seek congressional authorization prior to commencing any broad military action in Iran and it allows the following exceptions: First, military operations or activities that would directly repel an attack launched from within the territory of Iran. Second, those activities that would directly thwart an imminent attack that would be launched from Iran. Third, military operations or activities that would be in hot pursuit of forces engaged outside the territory of Iran who thereafter would enter Iran. And finally, those intelligence collection activities that have been properly noticed to the appropriate committees of Congress.
If anything demonstrates Clinton's sly ability to wage a general election campaign while waging a primary election campaign all as a sitting senator, it's this maneuver from Lieberman to Webb in a few short days.
Senator Clinton's statement announcing her co-sponsorship of the amendment is HERE.
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Jim Webb (all tags)
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