4. Determine Author's Purpose When President Nixon vetoed the War Powers Resolution in 1973, he noted: "If the [War Powers) resolution had been in operation,
America's effective response to a variety of challenges in recent years would have
been vastly complicated or even made impossible. We may well have been unable to
respond in the way we did during the Berlin crisis of 1961, the Cuban missile crisis of
1962, the Congo rescue operation in 1964, and the Jordanian crisis of 1970-to
mention just a few examples." How do the examples given by President Nixon
support his decision to veto the War Powers Act?