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Dan Coats: “No, the Senator didn't take it that way at all. The Senator is simply trying to get an answer to his question as it…”

On the recordJune 24, 1998
No, the Senator didn't take it that way at all. The Senator is simply trying to get an answer to his question as it applied to the language in the Byrd-Hutchison amendment which has been talked about today, and trying to understand the role of the Commander in Chief vis-a-vis the role of Congress in that specific, requiring that specific requirement of the President as Commander in Chief relative to that language in the Byrd-Hutchison amendment. I was just trying to clarify it.
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the Byrd-Hutchison amendment and the roles of the Commander in Chief and Congress.

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