“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordJuly 24, 2017
Since then, every President has said that they don't recognize the binding power of the AUMF but they will often act consistent with it.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California
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Sherman notes that Presidents often ignore the War Powers Act's restrictions.

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