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Jeff Sessions: “I know that some may want to continue to discuss and debate the niceties of the situation in Iraq, but I would just…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2003
I know that some may want to continue to discuss and debate the niceties of the situation in Iraq, but I would just recall that we have voted 77 Senators and overwhelmingly in the House to authorize the President to take the action he believes is necessary without a UN vote, without a NATO vote, and I expect that the President will do that.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama
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congress.gov
Feb 13, 2003

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Sessions discusses Senate support for presidential action in Iraq.

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