Democrats want to undeclare war, study environment« Thread Started on May 4, 2007, 3:25pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats want to undeclare war, study environmentPosted by Tim Sumner under Political wind, Iraq, War on Terror read at source> http://www.911familiesforamerica.org/?p=178Congress declared war in 2002 when it authorized the President to use military force in Iraq. While nowhere within our Constitution does it describe how Congress undeclares war, leading Democrats yesterday signaled they will figure it out:“The 2002 authorization to use force has run its course,” said Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat and chairman of the Appropriations Committee. He announced the planned legislation jointly with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a New York Democrat who serves alongside Mr. Byrd on the Armed Services Committee. “It is time — past time — to decommission this authorization and retire it to the archives,” Mr. Byrd said on the Senate floor. “The president must redefine the goals and submit his plan to achieve them to a thorough and open debate in the Congress and throughout the country. That is the American way.” Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic front-runner in the 2008 presidential race who has struggled to explain her 2002 vote for the war, said the deauthorization legislation would answer Mr. Bush’s veto of the pullout plan. “If the president will not bring himself to accept reality, it is time for Congress to bring reality to him,” Mrs. Clinton said.