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Andrea Joy Campbell: we are at war. There is no question that that is the truth. We are at war. And I believe that it is fair under the…

On the recordApril 28, 1999
we are at war. There is no question that that is the truth. We are at war. And I believe that it is fair under the Constitution for us to declare that war if we are at war, and if we do not wish to engage in the war, to withdraw from that war. That is why I offered these alternatives to this body. I am going to go through evidence that is unmistakable that we are at war, both quotations from the administration and just average facts that would compel the conclusion to any fair observer that we are at war.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing the state of war and the constitutional implications of declaring or withdrawing from it.

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