Not Enough

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today said the White House's legal justification for continuing military operations in Libya under the War Powers Act -- sent to Congress yesterday -- is not enough. According to a statement highlighting remarks the congressman made earlier today at a press conference:

BOEHNER ON THE FAILURE OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO ANSWER A KEY QUESTION ON LIBYA:

"Well, the administration gave its opinion on the war powers resolution, but it didn't answer the question in my letter as whether the Office of Legal Counsel agrees with them. So I'm looking forward to an answer on this by tomorrow."

BOEHNER ON WHITE HOUSE CLAIMS THAT THE U.S. MISSION REGARDING LIBYA DOES NOT INVOLVE "HOSTILITIES":

"The White House says there are no hostilities taking place, yet we have got drone attacks under way, we're spending $10 million a day. We're part of an effort to drop bombs on Qadhafi's compounds. It doesn't pass the straight face test, in my view, that we're not in the midst of hostilities. It's been four weeks since the President has talked to the American people about this mission, and I think it's time for the President to outline to the American people why we are there, what the mission is, and what our goals are, and how do we exit this."

BOEHNER ON FUTURE LEGISLATIVE ACTION BY THE HOUSE:

"The House has options. We're looking at those options, and my guess is that next week we may be prepared to move on those options based on the answers to the questions that we get."