Chris Van Hollen actually said...

Congressman Van Hollen today... said that they have 30 days in order to be able to work out a diplomatic solution to this and if that doesn't happen, then the president would get the authority to do the military efforts.

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Christiane Amanpour relays Congressman Van Hollen's statement about the timeline for pursuing a diplomatic solution before military action is authorized.

09/09/2013

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