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On the recordMay 8, 2018
the last administration, when it was going to bomb in Syria, asked for Congress's permission to do so, and they didn't get it.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

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Udall highlights a difference in administration approaches regarding military action authorization.

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