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On the recordMay 15, 2013
I just do not like the idea of reading a 12-year-old document so broadly that it renders the congressional authority and the importance of congressional authority for using military force abroad of no force and effect.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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King expresses concern over broad interpretations of legal documents affecting congressional authority.

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