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N. Korea: We Now Have Right to Shoot Down US Bombers

N. Korea Says US Has
'Declared War on Our Country'

the rundown

Sep 25, 2017 1:58 PM CDT

N. Korea Says US Has 'Declared War on Our Country'

And that it now has the right to take countermeasures

(Newser) - In the escalating war of words between the United States and North Korea, the latter just fired a verbal bomb by way of Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho. The Independent quotes the official as telling reporters in New York on Monday that "the whole world should clearly remember it...

Rand Paul:
Let's Declare
War on ISIS

Nov 24, 2014 7:05 AM CST

Rand Paul: Let's Declare War on ISIS

Congress hasn't made formal declaration since WWII

(Newser) - Rand Paul wants Congress to do something it hasn't done since World War II: formally declare war. President Obama plans to ask lawmakers to formally support the use of force against the militant group, the New York Times reports, but the senator described his own plan to the paper...

When Has Congress
Declared War?

Sep 2, 2013 10:33 AM CDT

When Has Congress Declared War?

Hill hasn't formally declared war since 1942

(Newser) - With President Obama turning to Congress for a decision on Syria, BuzzFeed offers a quick Hill history lesson. Congress hasn't formally declared war since 1942, the site notes. But before that, it wasn't such a rare move:

Congress backed war against Britain in 1812, by way of a

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South Sudan: This Means War

Apr 24, 2012 6:40 AM CDT

South Sudan: This Means War

President Salva Kiir says Sudan's attacks amount to declaration of war

(Newser) - As far as South Sudan is concerned, Omar al-Bashir has crossed the Rubicon. In a meeting today with Chinese President Hu Jintao, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir said it was "a very critical moment for the Republic of South Sudan because our neighbor in Khartoum has declared war,"...

Fix the Budget Deficit: Stop Undeclared Wars: Walter Rodgers

Congress Must Stop
Ignoring Article 1, Section 8

OPINION

Mar 28, 2011 1:32 PM CDT

Congress Must Stop Ignoring Article 1, Section 8

If Congress had debated recent wars, we'd have saved trillions: Walter Rodgers

(Newser) - Congressional Republicans have been hard at work cutting a few million in funding from NPR; but if they’d just played by the rules a decade ago, they could have saved at least $4 trillion, writes Walter Rodgers in the Christian Science Monitor . That's one estimate of how much the...

UN Pressure Is 'Declaration of War': N. Korea

Apr 18, 2009 3:52 PM CDT

UN Pressure Is 'Declaration of War': N. Korea

Outrage over rocket launch makes conflict 'a matter of time'

(Newser) - North Korea will consider pressure from Western nations over its recent rocket launch to be a "declaration of war," Pyongyang said today. The nation is already increasing its "defense capability including nuclear deterrent in every way" due to US and UN criticism of the launch, which...