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Tom Udall: “They are very expansive claims, and I think a lot of us thought that the Libya opinion was about as aggressive and as…”

On the recordJune 5, 2018
They are very expansive claims, and I think a lot of us thought that the Libya opinion was about as aggressive and as expansive as one could be, and that was only topped last week with the one on Syria.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Udall critiques the broad claims of presidential war authority in recent legal opinions.

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