id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt pst.000049670080 United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Authorization for use of military force against Iraq : markup before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session on H.J. Res. 114, October 2 and October 3, 2002 4.IN 8/16:IR 1/15 2002 .txt text/plain 55243 4865 75 Iraq and Saddam Hussein's violation of the United Nation's resolutions in the past. of mass destruction programs threatened vital United States interests and international peace and security, and it urged the President to, quote, take appropriate action to bring Iraq into compliance with its international obligations, unquote. evant United Nations Security Council resolutions be enforced, including through the use of force if necessary; But I think that what happened with leaks coming from the Administration, particularly the Pentagon, about the controversy regarding the use of force and the method in which it would be employed against Saddam Hussein, provoked a wide national debate with the country of Iraq as presently constituted; and whether Saddam is assassinated tomorrow or not, the weapons of mass destruction are there, the record is there, and I strongly urge my colleagues to reject this amendment and to support the underlying ./cache/pst.000049670080.pdf ./txt/pst.000049670080.txt