USA Today: Obama extends the state of emergency for a sixteenth year

[Winehole23]

Under the National Emergencies Act, national emergencies expire after a year, unless the president renews them by notifying Congress.

Obama did just that last week. "The terrorist threat that led to the declaration on September 14, 2001, of a national emergency continues," he said. "For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue in after September 14, 2016, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat."


Congress is also required to meet every six months to consider whether to revoke each state of emergency. In 40 years of the National Emergencies Act, Congress has never done so — and only seriously threatened it once.

[Winehole23]

There are now 32 states of national emergency pending in the United States, with the oldest being a 1979 emergency declared by President Jimmy Carter to impose sanctions during the Iran hostage crisis. Most are used to impose economic sanctions — mostly as a formality (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/04/09/pro-forma-states-of-national-emergency/25479553/), because Congress requires it under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.



(http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/22/president-obama-states-of-emergency/16851775/)



In his term in office, Obama has declared 13 new emergencies, continued 21 declared by his predecessors and revoked just two, which imposed sanctions on Liberia and Russia.


But Proclamation 7463 is unique among those national emergencies. Along with a use-of-military-force authorization by Congress signed by President Bush four days later, it gives the president the power to call up the national guard and to alter the size and shape of the military's top officers. It also gives him the power to hire and fire commissioned officers — even ordering them out of retirement if necessary.

As of 2014, there were 10 generals serving in such positions, but the Pentagon could not determine what that number is currently.

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pre-emptive GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR is unending, unwinnable, and unendingly profitable for the MIC.

And neither Hillary nor Trash would, or could, stop it.

[z0sa]

pre-emptive GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR is unending, unwinnable, and unendingly profitable for the MIC.

And neither Hillary nor Trash would, or could, stop it.

Being a defeatist is pussy shit. If you really believe all this shit, then you should be pushing for a socialist revolution instead of being a defeatist crybaby. All you do is read the prompts youre given, loser. Your voice has no meaning or context within reality.

[tlongII]

^Bingo!

[boutons_deux]

Being a defeatist is pussy shit. If you really believe all this shit, then you should be pushing for a socialist revolution instead of being a defeatist crybaby. All you do is read the prompts youre given, loser. Your voice has no meaning or context within reality.

then, after 15 years, why hasn't the USA won the GWOT, even made any significant progress?

Go ask your beloved, sacred military why they can't beat a bunch of ragheads, sand knitters. The war-profiteering MIC doesn't want to win the GWOT, because it means $Bs into mgmt's and investors pockets

My take is 100% more reliable than yours on this subject. And why don't you sign up for the GWOT?

[hater]

Perpetual war = perpetual profit for MIC, wall street, oil cos and other ShillaHITLER backers

[Winehole23]

do you think would it be any different with Trump?

if so, how and based on what?

which one of Trump's continually shifting self-representations do you believe?