id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt pst.000063510119 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight. The proposed U.S. security commitment to Iraq : what will be in it and should it be a treaty? : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first [i.e. second] session, January 23, 2008 4.F 76/1:110-151 2008 .txt text/plain 6125 302 60 ahead and unilaterally commit the United States to a long-term security agreement with Iraq without trying to get the support of either the American people or the people's representatives. I do not think we can dispute General Lute's view that the President certainly has the authority to enter into an executive agreement with the Government of Iraq. If all we are really talking about is consultation with Iraq's Government in the face of a threat, then maybe an executive agreement is okay, but if the President intends to indefinitely commit However, the declaration stipulation of the antiterrorism and Iraq security forces training mission will likely color how many troops would be needed believe that the United States is likely to seek help from willing foreign partners to fulfill long-term security commitments to Iraq and that negotiations For example, point four of the political section of the Declaration commits the United States to supporting Iraq's effort ./cache/pst.000063510119.pdf ./txt/pst.000063510119.txt