Other lawmakers have signed the letter, urging the president to lay out his case to the entire Congress and to the American people about whether the U.S. should get involved.
But critics said there weren't a lot of details laid out about how the promises would be fulfilled and since then tensions have welled up at times between the two countries.
He cut his coats without waste, according to his embroidered cloth; they were very small ends and snippets that lay about upon the table—" Too narrow breadths for nought—except waistcoats for mice, " said the tailor.