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Ted Deutch: “Are we--the concern obviously is that some of the statements that I have read suggest that the Administration is…”

On the recordJune 18, 2019
Are we--the concern obviously is that some of the statements that I have read suggest that the Administration is prepared to say that it has the authority to launch military action against Iran because under the 2001 AUMF because one of Osama bin Laden's sons has been living there?
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Ted Deutch
Democratic · Florida

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Deutch questions the justification for military action against Iran based on the presence of Osama bin Laden's son.

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