[DOC] [TLE] Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - Vietnam War - HISTORY.com [PAR] The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (August 7, 1964) gave broad congressional 
approval for expansion of the Vietnam War. ... the U.S. destroyer Maddox (
conducting electronic espionage nearby) was fired on by North Vietnamese 
torpedo boats. [DOC] [TLE] Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - Wikipedia [PAR] The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution or the Southeast Asia Resolution, Pub.L. 88408, 
78 Stat. 384, enacted August 10, 1964, was a joint resolution that the United 
States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, ... it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. 
Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the 
use of... [DOC] [TLE] Transcript: War Stories: The Gulf of Tonkin and Wayne Morse [PAR] Oct 13, 1999 ... On August 5, 1964, a headline on the front page of the Washington Post ... But 
public perception of the events that actually took place in the Gulf ... No official 
declaration of war was ever made with regard to U.S. military action in Vietnam. ... 
and Dulles, long before the Gulf of Tonkin resolution came around. [DOC] [TLE] The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the limits of presidential power [PAR] Aug 7, 2014 ... On August 7, 1964, Congress approved a resolution that soon became the ... 
says that Congress has the power to declare war and raise and fund the ... The 
War Powers Resolution came as a direct reaction to the Gulf of Tonkin ... The War 
Powers Resolution allows a President to use U.S. forces in combat... [DOC] [TLE] Gulf of Tonkin Resolution legal definition of Gulf of Tonkin Resolution [PAR] In August 1964 Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution (78 Stat. ... Papers 
that the Tonkin Gulf incident was actually instigated by the United States and was 
... Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which was the closest Congress came to declaring 
war. ... That action was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed on August 7, 1964. [DOC] [TLE] Excerpt from Ellsbergs Memoir, Secrets | The Most Dangerous Man ... [PAR] On Tuesday morning, August 4, 1964, my first full day on my new job in the 
Pentagon, ... It was exactly the second attack on a U.S. Navy vessel since World 
War II. ... Following Captain Herrick's stream of messages, we weren't really 
watching the ..... On August 7 Congress approved the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 
which reads:... [DOC] [TLE] Grade 11 History-Social science - California Department of Education [PAR] The following released test questions are taken from the Grade 11 U.S. ... its 
attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of 
... Describe the Spanish-American War and U.S. expansion in the South Pacific. 
.... 7 . This is a sample of California Standards Test questions. This is NOT an... [DOC] [TLE] The Truth About Tonkin | U.S. Naval Institute [PAR] On 2 August 1964, North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats attacked the USS 
Maddox ... that led to the full commitment of U.S. armed forces to the Vietnam War
. ..... It happened while the, "bought & paid-for" Democrats dithered over doing 
what ... LBJ really wanted to get involved in the conflict while his predecessor JFK 
was... [DOC] [TLE] vietnam: yesterday, today and tomorrow - Global Directions [PAR] for a doctorate during the war in South Vietnam in 1974. The purpose .... On 
August 7 1964 the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the. President ... This was the 
closest the US ever came to a formal declaration of war. .... does not really like 
them. [DOC] [TLE] Who killed Kennedy: CIA, LBJ, or the Truly Unspeakable ... [PAR] Nov 17, 2013 ... The remaining third piece of the puzzle is the really Unspeakable. ... Security 
State came to existence in the aftermath of the Second World War. ..... and pass 
through Congress on August 7, 1964 the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ..... he went to 
the U.S. Embassy to solemnly declare renouncing his American... [DOC] [TLE] The Water's Edge  The History of the Cold War in 40 Quotes - Blogs [PAR] Nov 7, 2014 ... George Kennan, charg d'affaires

Question: The closest the U.S. came to actually declaring it a war was this August 7, 1964 "resolution"
Answer: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution