| Ryan C. Hendrickson - 2002 - 244 páginas
...ships were allegedly attacked by North Vietnamese forces.41 The resolution authorized President Johnson "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed...forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression."42 In effect, Congress's resolution provided Johnson the blank check he sought to begin... | |
| Christopher Cerf - 2003 - 738 páginas
...by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. 1. That the Congress approves and supports the determination...the United States and to prevent further aggression. tions under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, the United States is, therefore, prepared,... | |
| Princeton Review (Firm) - 2003 - 303 páginas
...goods available to American consumers (4) excitement over the expansion of public housing programs 96 8 "The Congress approves and supports the determination...United States and to prevent further aggression." — Gulf of Tonkin Resolution August 7, 1964 The passage of this resolution led to ( 1 ) the building... | |
| United States. National Archives and Records Administration - 2006 - 257 páginas
...way: Now, therefore be it IHI Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress...the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessarymeasures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent... | |
| Kenneth C. Davis - 2009 - 717 páginas
...votes in the Senate, Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Johnson powers to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed...United States and to prevent further aggression." Johnson later says the resolution was "like grandma's nightshirt— it covered everything." August... | |
| Bill Gilbert - 2003 - 314 páginas
...torpedo boats. On August 7, Congress overwhelmingly approved a resolution authoring President Johnson to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed...United States and to prevent further aggression." Johnson, the former Senate Majority Leader from Texas who was a master legislative strategist, knew... | |
| Sidney Lens - 2003 - 484 páginas
...resolution passed after an incident in the Tonkin Gulf on August 2, 1964, which gave him authority to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed...United States and to prevent further aggression," LBJ ordered the bombing of North Vietnam and later the landing of troops in the South. The Tonkin Gulf... | |
| Greg Ward - 2004 - 436 páginas
...of the undeclared war on North Vietnam, Congress all but unanimously authorizes Johnson to undertake 'all necessary measures to repel any armed attack...United States and to prevent further aggression'. During the Mississippi Freedom Summer, a drive to register black voters in Mississippi recruits several... | |
| Bill Christofferson - 2009 - 705 páginas
...Congress the next day. His resolution, which became known as the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, was simple: "That the Congress approves and supports the determination...United States and to prevent further aggression." A second section said the peace and security of Southeast Asia were vital to the US national interest.... | |
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