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War powers act says that the president has to seek authorization from congress after 60 days. that was on friday. i believe that you've said that you don't expect a vote in the senate on that until sometime after june 5th. >> he sent a letter to us, the president, indicating the war powers act was in existence and what he thought of it and what he thought the parameters of that would be. i've had conversations with the chairman of the foreign relations committee and john mccain. they've agreed on what they think should be done and now i'm working out some time when we get back from the memoria...

Need to have one. >> do you think that the overall concept of the war powers act, resolution, is obsolete? do presidents in effect have the ability to wage war without deep consultation with congress? has that eroded over time? >> the answer is yes but times have changed also. i've never been a great big fan of the war powers act because i think it's very, very difficult to understand. so i think in the solemnity of some of the things we do here, when we're talking about men and women being sent into battle, it is pretty solemn and we have to have another discussion about can we improve the wa...

Resolution, is obsolete? do presidents in effect have the ability to wage war without deep consultation with congress? has that eroded over time? >> the answer is yes but times have changed also. i've never been a great big fan of the war powers act because i think it's very, very difficult to understand. so i think in the solemnity of some of the things we do here, when we're talking about men and women being sent into battle, it is pretty solemn and we have to have another discussion about can we improve the war powers act. i think it certainly needs improvement. >> the discussion about war ...