...action. The Tonkin Bay Resolution memorialized an attack that never took place and went on to state, "That the Congress approves and supports the determination...United States and to prevent further aggression." In both cases, there should have been a formal declaration of war. What about the invasion of Grenada...

...to secure Congress approval of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that gave the president a blank check "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed...United States and to prevent further aggression." Only Democrat Senators Wayne Morse (Oregon) and Ernest Gruening (Alaska) opposed the resolution. Having...

...basis, proclaimed in the "resolved" clause that followed, for the approval and support of Congress for "the determination of the President, as Commander...necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the United States and to prevent further aggression." In the resolution's second section, Congress declared...

...way: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress...the United States and to prevent further aggression. * Walt Rostov and President Johnson Rostow and the president confer in the Oval Office in March 1967....

...approving military action. Two days later, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, stating that "Congress approves and supports the determination...forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression."43 Many in Congress denied that they were voting for full-scale war. Sen. J. William Fulbright,...

...naval vessels. The resolution was not a declaration of war as such, but it authorized the president "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed...United States and to prevent further aggression." Careful readers will notice that US military involvement in Vietnam predated the resolution by nine...

...President Johnson, overwhelmingly passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which allowed the president "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed...forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression."22 The resolution, which passed August 7, 1964, unanimously in the House and 98-2 in the...