...Constitution of the United States and the Charter of the United Nations and in accordance with its obligations under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty,...therefore, prepared, as the President determines. t,, take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol state...

...in extremely broad terms. They made reference to the obligations under the SEATO treaty, and it said "the United States is, therefore, prepared as the President determines to take all necessary action including the use of armed forces to assist any member or protocol state in the Southeast Asia...

...reference to the obligations under US COMMITMENTS TO FOREIGN POWERS 89 the SEATO treaty, and it said "the United States is, therefore, prepared as the President determines to take all necessary action including the use of armed forces to assist any member or protocol state in the Southeast Asia...

...Constitution of the United States and the Charter of the United Nations and in accordance with its obligations under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty,...Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom. SEC. 3. This resolution shall expire when the President shall determine that the peace and security...

...position to dispose of the Constitution. Congress itself, with two dissenting votes, resolved that — • The United States is therefore prepared, as the President...Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom. USE MADE OF TONKIN RESOLUTION tening to you, or rather primarily the Secretary of Defense, on the morning...

...88-408) on August 11. The commitment section of the resolution states that "the United States is ... prepared, as the President determines, to take all...requesting assistance in defense of its freedom.'' Committee Print, p. 17. 1964, September 29 : William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary of State for Far...

...approved "all necessary steps" which the President might take, "including the use of armed forces, to assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast...requesting assistance in defense of its freedom." (On August 5, President Johnson had sent a message to Congress asking it "for a resolution expressing...

...any armed attack against the forces of the United States to prevent further aggression . . . [and] to take all necessary steps, including the use of...state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty [SEATO] requesting assistance in defense of its freedom."11 Only two senators dissented. In the House,...

...Constitution of the United States and the Charter of the United Nations and in accordance with its obligations under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty,...Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom. SEC. 3. This resolution shall expire when the President shall determine that the peace and security...

...of the United States and the Charter of (he United Nations anil in accordance with its obligations under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty,...therefore, prepared, as the President determines, to take nil necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any memher or protocol state of the...