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Jim Risch: The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that…

On the recordJune 27, 2011
The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual imminent threat to the Nation.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch questions the President's authority for military action without imminent threat.

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