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Expressing the sense
of the Senate with respect to the actions the President
should take before any use of military force against
Iraq without
the broad support of the international... (Introduced in
Senate)
SRES 32 IS
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 32
Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to
the actions the President should take before any
use of military force
against Iraq without the broad support of the international
community.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 29, 2003
Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. BYRD) submitted
the following resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Foreign
Relations
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect
to the actions the President should take
before any
use of military force
against Iraq without the broad support
of the international community.
Whereas more than three months have passed,
and circumstances have significantly
changed, since
Congress acted
in October 2002 to authorize the use
of military force against Iraq;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council
unanimously approved Security Council
Resolution 1441 (2002)
requiring Iraq to
cooperate with strict weapons inspections
and give United Nations weapons inspectors
`immediate,
unimpeded,
unconditional,
and unrestricted access' to all suspected
sites involving such weapons;
Whereas United Nations weapons inspectors
arrived in Iraq on November 18, 2002,
submitted their
60-day report to the
Security Council about Iraq's cooperation
with weapons inspections on January 27,
2003, and
will report
again on their activities
on February 14, 2003;
Whereas the President has not yet made
a compelling case to Congress, the American
people, or the
international community
that the use of armed force is the only
alternative
to disarm Iraq; and
Whereas Congress and the American people
are increasingly concerned that the President
is
prepared to use
armed force against Iraq without broad
support by the international
community,
and without making a compelling case
that Iraq presents such an imminent threat
to
the national
security
of the United
States that unilateral action is justified:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That
it is the sense
of the Senate that,
before the President uses military
force against Iraq without the broad support
of the international
community, the President
should--
(1) provide full support to the United Nations weapons
inspectors to facilitate their ongoing disarmament work;
and
(2) obtain approval by Congress of new legislation authorizing
the President to use all necessary means, including the
use of military force, to disarm Iraq.
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