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The World Next Week: The War Powers Debate

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  • James M. LindsayCFR Expert
    Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
President Barack Obama greets troops at Fort Campbell in Kentucky on May 6, 2011.
President Barack Obama greets troops at Fort Campbell in Kentucky on May 6, 2011. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters)

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed Speaker John Boehner’s charge that President Obama has violated the War Powers Resolution; the foreign policy positions of Republican presidential hopefuls; and the negotiation of a new bailout deal between Greece and the EU.

[audio: https://www.cfr.org/content/publications/media/podcast/2011/20110616_TWN…]

The highlights:

The Wall Street Journal covers the Obama administration’s position on the Libya lawsuit, and CFR’s Matthew Waxman comments on how the situation could develop. Esquire has the scoop on Jon Huntsman’s foreign policy views, while the New York Times reports on several candidates’ positions on Afghanistan. Bloomberg News describes the grim economic and political circumstances in Greece, and Reuters outlines the concerns of the European Central Bank.