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On the recordMay 26, 2010
The Senator from Illinois is correct. As a matter of fact, the same letter he read from General Jones, the National Security Adviser, and John Brennan, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, said: There is no modern precedent for Congress to direct the President to deploy troops in the manner sought by that amendment.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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