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Eliot Engel: “If the administration plans ongoing military action, Congress must first authorize it or prevent it.”

On the recordApril 17, 2018
If the administration plans ongoing military action, Congress must first authorize it or prevent it.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel stresses the need for Congressional authorization for military actions.

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