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Joe Biden s got a problem and so do I. And so, in fact, do we.
At 76 years old, you d think I d experienced it all when it comes to this country and its presidencies. Or most of it, anyway. I ve been around since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. Born on July 20, 1944, I m a little young to remember him, though I was a war baby in an era when Congress still sometimes declared war before America made it.
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As a boy, in my liberal Democratic household in New York, I can certainly remember singing (to the tune of Whistle While You Work ) our version of the election-year ditty of 1956 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower faced off against Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson. The pro-Republican kicker to it went this way: Eisenhower has the power, Stevenson s a jerk. We, however, sang, Eisenhower has no power, Stevenson will work! As it happened, we never found out if that was faintly true, since the former Illinoi
Bay Area Rep. Speier calls for classified briefing on Bidenâs airstrikes
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SAN FRANCISCO - President Joe Biden’s orders for airstrikes against an Iran-backed militia in Syria this week have garnered criticism from fellow Democrats including Bay Area Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Ca.
Representing California’s 14th District, which includes San Francisco and the Peninsula, Speier, the chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee and who sits on a prominent House intelligence committee, issued a statement Friday, calling for a classified briefing from the Biden administration on the airstrikes. We will always defend our forces from attack, but military operations must be conducted in coordination with Congress, Speier wrote. She emphasized that use of force must always be a last resort and that Congress as an equal branch of government with the power to declare war, must be consulted before such a decision is made.
Biden s Syria airstrikes test US role as world s police, get bipartisan support - and criticism Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY
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Pentagon airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria are not only the first military action taken by President Joe Biden. They are a test of his broad pledge to pursue a foreign policy that is more cooperative and mindful of international partners than his predecessor s but still eschews the U.S. role as the world s police to focus on making life better for Americans, some experts and lawmakers say.
Biden on Thursday night ordered the airstrikes on multiple facilities at a Syrian-Iraqi border control point in southeastern Syria in retaliation for rocket attacks on U.S. targets in neighboring Iraq. The Pentagon identified the targets as a number of Iranian-backed militant groups including Kataib Hezbollah and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada. It called the airstrikes proportionate and defensive and said
The US military on Thursday struck a site in Syria used by two Iranian-backed militia groups in response to rocket attacks on American forces in the region in the past two weeks.
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