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Use of force. president george w. bush did that with iraq and afghanistan, which made for a lot of awkward primary debates among democrats running against george w. bush and his wars in the following two elections. but sometimes presidents order military interventions without declaration of war and without a declaration of an authorization for use of force, and that's what president obama has done in libya. after announcing friday that u.s. military force would be used in libya, the president sent a letter to congress today explaining the point of the operation and under what authority he orde...

First had congress declare war. sometimes they have congress vote for an authorization for use of force. president george w. bush did that with iraq and afghanistan, which made for a lot of awkward primary debates among democrats running against george w. bush and his wars in the following two elections. but sometimes presidents order military interventions without declaration of war and without a declaration of an authorization for use of force, and that's what president obama has done in libya. after announcing friday that u.s. military force would be used in libya, the president sent a lett...

They first had congress declare war. they had to vote for the use of force and president bush did that with both iraq and afghanistan. they had democrats running against president bush and his words in the following two elections. the presidents order without a declaration of war without a declaration for the use of force. after announcing friday that military force would be used in libya, the president subject a letter to congress explaining the point of the operation and under what authority he ordered it. president obama describes it as being in the national security and foreign policy inte...

Military campaign and says the united states is already stepping back into more of a support role and letting other countries police the no fly zone. >> because it relieves the burden on our military, and relieves the burden on u.s. taxpayers to fulfill what is an international mission and not simply a u.s. mission. >> but some leading members of congress complain the president hasn't spelled out a clear mission and say they aren't so sure the fight will be as short as the white house hopes. >> we taught declare war. take a vote. take responsibility. the american people will find this has a lo...

At certain times, obviously and put it into play and keep prices from rising too rapidly, sort of sticker shock type situations, that's some value. >> of course, the price of a gallon of gas varies place to place because of transportation costs, taxes, and more. about 15% of the price alone is in various taxes, shep. >> shepard: peter barnes from fox business in d.c. peter, thank you. back to that question of a no fly zone over libya. as i reported at the top of this newscast the white house says it is still considering that option. the president's people also point out it wouldn't be a video ...