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John Conyers: “I guess that is not very ambiguous, is it? And then he went on to explain something that could be troublesome: we are…”

On the recordDecember 19, 2001
I guess that is not very ambiguous, is it? And then he went on to explain something that could be troublesome: we are not at war with Iraq, but we are at war with Saddam Hussein. Well, that introduces a new concept. I am only on the Committee on the Judiciary. Our impressions have always been that nations declare war on another, we do not declare war on terrorists or a head of a country, or anything else.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing the implications of declaring war during a debate on foreign affairs.

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