1.0 link 111526 <![CDATA[James Baker Punches George Bush in the Face with New War Proposal]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/james-baker-punches-georg_b_111526.html James Baker has joined his nemesis from the 2000 Bush v Gore battle, Warren Christopher, in recommending a stunning new piece of federal legislation: a law designed to rein in presidents who want to go to war half-cocked.

Gee, anybody we know?

The bipartisan National War Powers Commission, which Baker and Christopher co-chaired, announced their recommendation Tuesday: a law supplanting the War Powers Resolution, passed 35 years ago in the wake of Vietnam.

A principal reason for the resolution in the...

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