It authorized the president to send troops into battle
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which was passed by Congress in 1964.
The resolution gave the Defense Department the authority and the funds to move significant-sized combat units into South Vietnam.
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By not declaring war, but simply passing a resolution of 'support,' and by limiting the funding for Defense appropriations.
Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution after North Vietnam forces attacked two United States destroyers (the Maddox and the C. Turner Joy).
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which was passed by Congress in 1964.
The August, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
In 1964 Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
The resolution gave the Defense Department the authority and the funds to move significant-sized combat units into South Vietnam.
The resolution allowed President Johnson to commit more troops to South Vietnam without the approval of Congress.
They passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
After the naval engagements in the Tonkin Gulf in 1964.