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