US secures Israel-Lebanon ceasefire as House votes to curb Trump war powers
The U.S. secured a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon
as the House voted to curb President Trump’s war powers, setting up a
major foreign policy and congressional showdown over the scope of
presidential authority.
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Trump administration is hopeful for progress toward ending the wider U.S.-Israeli war with Iran after securing a
ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Tehran
has made a ceasefire in Lebanon a condition for any peace deal with
Washington and has suggested it could intervene directly in support of
Hezbollah if Israel continues or escalates attacks there.
"We could go another 2 or 3 weeks and just wipe everybody out: I'd rather not do that, very easy to do," Trump said at an Oval Office news conference Wednesday.
"They
want to do it. But if we can get something done in writing which will
accomplish the same thing without killing everybody, I'd like to do
that. Most of my people, I think, would like to do that – some people
wouldn't, but most of them would."
That remark came before House lawmakers voted 215-208 to withdraw troops from using military force against Iran absent congressional authorization. Read more, and see video here.
