On the recordMay 7, 2018
I think Congress is AWOL and Congress should be doing this, and the 2001 AUMF that most of us who are here voted for it seems to me doesn't apply to this situation at all.
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congress.govJane Harman: “I think Congress is AWOL and Congress should be doing this, and the 2001 AUMF that most of us who are here voted for it…”
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Harman criticizes Congress for inaction regarding military response to Iran's nuclear threat.
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May 7, 2018
I think that if President Trump can reach a strong deal with the North Koreans he will deserve enormous credit.
May 7, 2018
I do think, as you said, that decertifying this deal or at least in some way pulling away from this deal is going to make it harder to negotiate with the North Koreans.
May 7, 2018
But imposing sanctions and continuing to impose them on Iran's malign behavior in the region, which is permissible, is the right way to go.
May 7, 2018
I think we should be very, very careful, given the Iraq experience, and if the people of Iran who elected their government by more than 50 percent in a four-way field want to change their government, then let them do that.
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