Joint Resolution to Authorize the President to Use Armed Forces
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Statements (18)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution
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gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:78_Stat._384
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gptkbp:dateEnacted |
August 10, 1964
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gptkbp:effect |
Expanded U.S. military involvement in Vietnam
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gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Joint Resolution to Authorize the President to Use Armed Forces
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gptkbp:locationSigned |
gptkb:White_House
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gptkbp:passedHouseDate |
416-0
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gptkbp:passedSenateVote |
88-2
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gptkbp:publicLawNumber |
gptkb:Public_Law_88-408
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gptkbp:purpose |
Authorize the President to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Vietnam_War
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gptkbp:repealedBy |
January 1971
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gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
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gptkbp:sponsor |
gptkb:Senator_J._William_Fulbright
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Public_Law_87-794
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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