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Kevin Yoder: these things do have real life consequences, and we really are going to have Commanders-in-Chief that are not going to…

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
these things do have real life consequences, and we really are going to have Commanders-in-Chief that are not going to be able to do what we have traditionally thought American Presidents could do
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Kevin Yoder
Kansas

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Yoder emphasizes the real-world implications of military capability on presidential power.

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