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...force against the Iraqis unless they withdrew by Jan. 15. Yet Congress, the only branch of government with the constitutional power to declare war, had still not spoken, and the President was threatening to move with or without the lawmakers' approval. Last week, after the failure of the Geneva talks between Secretary of State James Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, Congress took up the question of war and peace with a rare sense of urgency. Said Speaker of the House Thomas Foley: "This is a matter of enormous moment...
...failure of the Geneva talks -- and particularly the impression of Iraqi intransigence -- made a confrontation seem all but inevitable and swept congressional fence-sitters into the President's camp. "If war is more likely, more people want to be behind the President," explained Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton, an opponent of the Bush trot toward...
Acting with a political deftness he has rarely shown on domestic issues, Bush skillfully worked Congress into his corner. With most Republicans already behind him, the President moved quickly after the Geneva breakdown to gain support from Democrats like Florida Congressman Dante Fascell, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He also sought the backing of longtime supporters of Israel in the House like New Jersey's Robert Torricelli and Stephen Solarz of New York, who became the strongest Democratic voice in the House in favor of war against Iraq...
...heavy out of professional wrestling. There seemed no chance that he would be adulated as, say, Ho Chi Minh was during the Vietnam War. The question in Americans' minds was whether Saddam should be forcibly, militarily, removed now, or squeezed over many months by international sanctions. After the Geneva talks broke up last week, Americans seemed resigned that war would come. They thought it was necessary, but they did not much welcome it. "I think it's stupid. I don't like why we're there," said Brian Scanlan, 34, a Boston carpenter. "But I feel it's inevitable...
Bush offers to send Baker to Geneva to meet Aziz in "one last attempt." at peace. Iraq agrees to talks. Saddam tells Iraqis to prepare for a long war, ruling out unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait. France says it will pursue its own peace initiative if the Geneva meeting fails. After six hours of talks with Aziz, Baker says he finds no Iraqi flexibility...