Bush did ask for a resolution authorizing the Gulf War--by far the biggest U.S. military action since Vietnam--but only with the stipulation that he would go ahead with or without Congress' OK.
Even though Bush asked for a resolution on the Gulf War, he still added that he would go ahead regardless of Congress' decision.
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