Yesterday, the Miller Center announced the establishment of the National War Powers Commission, which will be headed by former U.S. Secretaries of State James A. Baker, III and Warren Christopher.
Miller Center communications director Lisa Todorovich said the commission will study issues including "deciding how and when to commit troops to combat," as different branches of government often have differing opinions about how wars should be waged.
According to a Miller Center document, the commission plans to produce a "bipartisan report that makes recommendations about how Presidents and Congresses could best exercise their respective war powers," using "existing scholarship, the wide experience among its members, and the counsel of other reports."
Members of the commission include former Sen. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.); former Congressman Lee H. Hamilton (D-Ind.); former U.S. Trade Representative Carla A. Hills; John O. Marsh Jr., former Secretary of the Army; former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, III; Abner J. Mikva, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C. circuit; J. Paul Reason, former commander in chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet; former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft; Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University; and Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott.
"We are really pleased that such an eminent group of people is coming together," Todorovich said.
Also assisting the commission will be ex-officio members University President John T. Casteen, III, and Rice University President David W. Leebron, according to the release.
The Commission's historical advisor will be Doris Kearns Goodwin.
-- compiled by Kristin Hawkins
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