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Barack Obama can ‘bypass Congress’ to deal with Iraq crisis as it emerges U.S. is already flying F-18 fighter jets on…
President Barack Obama has the backing of congressional leaders to unilaterally decide what steps he might take to deal with the unfolding crisis in Iraq.
After a meeting with Obama, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the president ‘indicated he didn’t feel he had any need for authority from us for steps that he might take.’
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House Minority Leader, said in a statement after the meeting that Obama does not need ‘any further legislative authority’ for the options discussed so far.
Deployment: F-18 launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during flight operations in the Arabian Gulf after the ship was deployed into the Gulf in response to the crisis in Iraq
The meeting came last night as it was revealed that U.S. pilots had already begun flying surveillance missions over Iraq in F-18 Super Hornet warplanes.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has asked President Obama for air strikes against the Sunni Islamist militants who have been carving a wide swath through his country.
Surprisingly, an administration official said it was the leaders who suggested Obama already had the power to take action in Iraq without a congressional rubber stamp.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/06/barack-obama-can-bypass-congress-to-deal-with-iraq-crisis-as-it-emerges-u-s-is-already-flying-f-18-fighter-jets-on-surveillance-missions-over-middle-east-country/
