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Congress. i believe we are stronger when the president acts with the support of congress. i believe america acts effectively abroad when we stand together. this is especially true after a decade that put more and more war-making power in the hands of the president and more burdens on the shoulders of troops while sidelining the people's representatives from the critical decisions about when we use force. >> tell me, what is the role of congress? what should they do? >> evaluate what the president wants to do, ask questions, have hearings and make a vote on the resolution. >> they don't have to...

Congress. i believe we are stronger when the president acts with the support of congress. i believe america acts effectively abroad when we stand together. this is especially true after a decade that put more and more war-making power in the hands of the president and more burdens on the shoulders of troops while sidelining the people's representatives from the critical decisions about when we use force. >> tell me, what is the role of congress? what should they do? >> evaluate what the president wants to do, ask questions, have hearings and make a vote on the resolution. >> they don't have to...

Lawyer, scholar and expert on the constitution, and he wins the nobel peace prize. which of the two of them this week sounds like a nobel peace laureate and which one sounds like a thug who wants to kill? not even a close kill. as ollie told brian a few minutes ago, this is going to have long-term effects in the diplomatic community and in relations in the middle east. and the russians right now are dominant because the president is incompetent. >>steve: real quickly, if kerry and the foreign minister can't work things out, we're back to ground zero. >> and he's going to lose that vote in the ...

In the absence of the direct or imminent threat to our security to take this debate to congress. i believe our democracy is stronger when the president acts with the support of congress. and i believe that america acts more effectively abroad when we stand together. this is especially true after a decade that put more and more war making power in the hand of the president and more and more burdens on the shoulders of our troops while sidelining the people's representatives from the critical decisions about when we use force. >> president obama speaking tonight on why he went to congress on the...

America acts more effectively abroad when we stand together. this is especially true after a decade that put more and more war making power in the hands of the president and more and more burdens on the shoulders of our troops while sidelining the representatives of the critical decisions about when we use force. now, i know that after the terrible toll of iraq and afghanistan, the idea of any military action, no matter how limited is not going to be popular. after all, i've spent four and a half years working to end wores, not to start them. our troops are out of iraq. our troops are coming h...