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Jim McGovern: “In my view, both of these latter interpretations of the 2002 AUMF were strained and unnecessary.”

On the recordMarch 22, 2021
In my view, both of these latter interpretations of the 2002 AUMF were strained and unnecessary.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

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McGovern critiques past uses of the 2002 AUMF for military actions.

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