action it is authorizing. we go to milton, waiting on our line for democrats. caller: i think that the president has to have approval from congress. i agree that before there was added to aa 5% tax war powers act, every time he is in a situation like this, he can do that if he thinks he should do it. that was never approved by congress but we should go back and look at that. keep takingt to your calls. 15 minutes left in this segment of the washington journal and we will continue to talk about u.s. efforts in the second half of today's show as well. a few headlines from around the country. post, to this washington clinton focuses iowa wins on midterm. in her clinton's trip