On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
While there appears to be no consensus on whether the President can modify the agreement alone, Congress is empowered to alter that statute by the statute the effect of the underlying 1934 treaty.
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Yoho asserts Congress's power to alter the Guantanamo agreement.
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