1.0 link 111653 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlie-rose/my-conversation-with-form_b_111653.html For more than two centuries, the nation has debated the question of war powers. The Constitutional wording is well-known: the president is the Commander-in-Chief, but Congress has the power to declare war and to appropriate funds. A new bipartisan commission is calling for more consultation between the president and Congress before entering into "significant armed conflict." Former U.S. Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher co-chaired the commission and here is a part of what they told me recently:

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