We would expect the President, Republican or Democrat, to come up here to make his case if he wants to continue, if he believes there is justification to continue the deployment. He should come here. That is what we want. We want the administration to come here and request authorization and to justify that authorization. If he does that, Congress then will vote up or down.
Discussing the need for presidential justification for military deployment.
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