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On the recordJune 19, 2017
I wanted to turn back to this question of the President's Article II authority in the context of a fairly extraordinary set of events that is playing out as we speak inside Syria.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy raises concerns about the President's authority amid escalating military actions in Syria.

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