John Murtha, now chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, reasserts in no uncertain terms that Congress has ultimate power over the pursestrings and that the Executive should be consulting with them before making major increases in military commitment. Will be interesting to see where that leads...
Update: Ted Kennedy introduces legislation to restrict the President's right to plunge ahead without Congressional approval. Party on!
Update 2: There's plenty of precedent out there for such limits-setting by Congress. Not that I expect that to prevent a lot of Republican fist-shaking...
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