Wars Power Act By Cheyenne Yazzie

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  1. 2. In charge of directing the armed forces
  2. 4. The Congress is responsible to notify whenever military forces are introduced to hostile situations within how many hours?
  3. 6. One of the ____ major challenges to the War Powers Act came in what year?
  4. 9. Nixon argued that the resolution "would attempt to take away, by a mere _________, authorities which the President has properly exercise under the Constitution for almost 200 years."
  5. 11. The law stipulates that Presidents are required to end foreign military actions after how many days?
  6. 12. which president committed U.S. troops to the Korean War as part of a United Nations "police action."
  7. 13. In charge of the military
  8. 15. Critics argue the _____ has failed to create a better coordination between the executive and legislative branches.
  9. 16. The War Powers Resolution was enacted in _______ 1973.
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  1. 1. Due to the War Powers Act's contentious history, there have occasionally been calls for the resolution to be _______.
  2. 3. A congressional resolution designed to limit the U.S. president's ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad.
  3. 5. Who crafted the War Powers Act as a means of reasserting Congressional authority over foreign wars?
  4. 7. who is vested with the power to "declared war" and "raise and support armies."
  5. 8. Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon have overseen the long and controversial undeclared conflict during what war?
  6. 10. In the U.S. Constitution, the power to make war is shared by the ______ and legislative branches.
  7. 14. Which president was an early critic of the War Powers Act?