Reading Room Document
War Powers Resolution and Military Action Against Libya
This opinion advised White House counsel that military action against Libya itself would implicate the War Powers Resolution, but that military action against individual terrorists or terrorist groups in Libya would raise a more difficult question. The opinion also concluded that the “predeployment” of troops may not implicate the War Powers Resolution if it were characterized as a replacement of existing combat forces.
The OLC's Opinions
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