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Dan Coats: I do not understand where in the Constitution the power is vested in Congress to specify not the total force level but…

On the recordJune 24, 1998
I do not understand where in the Constitution the power is vested in Congress to specify not the total force level but to specify military strategy.
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Questioning Congress's authority over military strategy during a debate.

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