War Powers

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"This study will analyze the separation of powers in the United States government, specifically the separation of powers between the office of the President and the U.S. Congress with respect to policy formation and implementation in declaring and conducting war.

The study will focus on the Constitutional issues involved in general, and will then examine the relations of the President and Congress in the Persian Gulf War of 1991.

The study will argue, with some qualifications, that the President's power in conducting war policy and implementing that policy should be retained, on the basis that turning more war-making power over to Congress would paralyze the ability of the United States to make war.

The roots of the crisis over the Persian Gulf in 1991 are ... "

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