The White House has formally notified Congress of the Soleimani strike

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Source: Washington Post

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —The White House delivered to Capitol Hill on Saturday a formal notification of the drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani as required under the War Powers Act, according to a senior Democratic aide and another official familiar with the matter.

The War Powers Act of 1973 mandates that the president report to lawmakers within 48 hours of introducing military forces into armed conflict abroad. Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force, was killed early Friday morning in Baghdad by a U.S. drone strike, and the Trump administration has said it will send thousands of new troops to the Middle East.

The officials spoke anonymously ahead of the White House’s formal notification to Congress, where Soleimani’s death has already ignited a fresh debate over the president’s war powers and Congress’s role in authorizing new military action abroad. Such notifications generally detail an administration’s justification for sending U.S. forces abroad, as well as the constitutional and legislative rationale used by the administration to send the troops. It may also include how long the involvement may last.

The document outlining the formal notification received at the Capitol on Saturday is entirely classified, according to the senior Democratic aide, and it is unclear whether the administration will issue a non-classified version that can be publicized.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-white-house-has-formally-notified-congress-of-the-soleimani-strike/2020/01/04/1cc60090-2f3f-11ea-be79-83e793dbcaef_story.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Prepare for Rapture, stockpile potassium iodide

and lots of food and bottled water. Fill the gas tank. You just never know where this leads.

[marble falls]

2. That was as cynical of an infoming as possible. Screw Trump.

[left-of-center2012]

3. W.H. notifies Congress after the news was on cable TV

[Scarsdale]

4. I want this worthless son of a bitch

to pay dearly for what he and his cohorts are doing to this country. Imagine the uproar if a (D) president had done something this dangerous and stupid? I want to see tRump completely demoralized, broke and in prison. His useless spawn need their disgrace too. I want him to live long enough to rue the day he even thought of running for the WH. Worst ever president. Unimaginable destruction to the country has been brought on by this repulsive grifting family. Aided and abetted by the gop, let us not forget. I used to be ashamed that the "forst lay-dee" was a former whore, now that seems small potatoes compared to what the rest of this crew is doing.

[llmart]

5. +1000

I'm with you on that. The entire family represents the worst of this country.

[lark]

6. The worst of this world.

Never forget he'd be nowhere without the personal backing of the biggest oligarch, the richest man and now the most powerful man in the world - PUtin. Only the most powerful because drumpf has ceded all power to our national enemy for his own gain.