What did the gulf of tonkin resolution allowed the president to do

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What did the gulf of tonkin resolution allowed the president to do

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On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.