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Kelly Ayotte: Isn't it true that included within the Defense authorization language in the detainee provisions is that: Nothing in…

On the recordDecember 15, 2011
Isn't it true that included within the Defense authorization language in the detainee provisions is that: Nothing in this section is intended to limit or expand the authority of the President or the scope of the Authorization for Use of Military Force. In other words, what is the law today--as you just described it--we are reaffirming in this bill. But we are not adding or subtracting from the President's authority that he has, as the Commander-in-Chief of our country, to protect our country against members of al-Qaida.
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Kelly Ayotte
Republican · New Hampshire
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Dec 15, 2011

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