who did the gulf of tonkin resolution give the power to take whatever action seemed necessary to stop aggression?
enacted August 10, 1964, was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of conventional'' military force in Southeast Asia.