Time Quote by Rachel Maddow

When Congress passed the Authorization for the Use of Military Force immediately after the 9/11 attacks, no one could have imagined this authorization would…

— Peter Bergen

If members of Congress were to vote to allow a military action, they might then share the blame if the mission were to go…

— Tom Malinowski

From the moment he took the oath of office in 1993 until he left the White House in 2001, Bill Clinton was a paradox…

— Gavin Esler

Are there any military actions that the president of the United States may not order on his own authority? If so, what are they?…

— Andrew Bacevich

I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress.

— Rand Paul

“Congress, however, stiffened, cutting off appropriations for such bombing as of August 15, 1973. In November it overrode a presidential veto to pass a…

— James T. Patterson

(President Nixon,) in the face of a vote to impeach he might try, as "commander-in-chief", to use military forces to keep himself in power.

— Carl T. Rowan

Normally, what happens when we have a national leader who wants to do something in terms of military intervention, he tells the Pentagon, put…

— Jack Keane

I cannot conjure up an ounce of respect for Bill Clinton when it comes to the military. Every time I see him salute a…

— Jim Webb

That's what separates out American democracy from dictators and horrible governments across the world and the reason why that works is that we have…

— Charles R. Chamberlain

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I watched helplessly as the Bush administration led America into a strategic blunder…

— Ricardo Sanchez

There's a sense of urgency that the president does not possess, that there is a 9/11 in the making.

— Rand Paul