WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, Congressman Bill Delahunt’s Foreign Affairs Subcommittee will hold the final hearing in its series on “War Powers for the 21st Century.”  This hearing features former executive branch officials, who will testify on the constitutionality and the practicality of the existing War Powers Resolution as well as legislation which would modernize it that has been introduced by Representative Walter Jones Jr. and Chairman Delahunt.  The Jones-Delahunt proposal would require congressional approval in advance for all combat missions other than emergency defense of U.S. territory, troops, and citizens.

Previous hearings in the series focused on the congressional and constitutional perspectives on the division of war power between Congress and President.  With the conclusion of the series of hearings, Jones and Delahunt will incorporate suggestions from the witnesses and then push for congressional consideration of their bill.

DATE:                  Thursday, April 24, 2008

WHO:                    Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight

TIME:                    2:00 p.m.

WHERE:               Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building

SUBJECT:            “War Powers for the 21st Century:  The Executive Branch Perspective”

WITNESSES:          

The Honorable Brian Atwood
Dean
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota
(Former Under Secretary of State in the Carter Administration, and Former Administrator of the Agency for International Development in the Clinton Administration.)

The Honorable Stephen G. Rademaker
Vice President
BGR International
(Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control in George W. Bush Administration)

Robert F. Turner, Esq.
Professor, General Faculty
Associate Director, Center for National Security Law
University of Virginia School of Law
(Former Acting Assistant Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration)

 

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