From: [x--e--t] at [delphi.com]
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Haiti: Mitchell shows outstanding non-partisanship.
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 94 11:50:56 -0500

Senator George Mitchell as Senate Majority leader under President Bush
said on November 23, 1990 in reference to the proposed invasion of Granada:
     
   "A planned military offensive which is by definition an act of war,
    must receive the prior authorization of the Congress."


Senator George Mitchell as Senate Majority leader under President Clinton
said on September 11, 1994 in reference to the proposed invasion of Haiti:
     
   "There is no basis for us (Congress) to legally bind the President
    in advance."