H.Res. 465 · 112th Congress

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the recent intervention against the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa by United States Armed Forces does not serve the national interest and that the President of the United States should request authorization before sending troops overseas.

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2011-11-14
Latest action
2011-11-14 · Introduced in House

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should request authorization before sending the U.S. Armed Forces into battle, (2) the Administration should set clear objectives for the U.S. Armed Forces to achieve, (3) the Administration failed to indicate any direct national security interest in deploying the U.S. Armed Forces into Central Africa, and (4) the Lord's Resistance Army's destruction is the desire of the United States.