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Hillary Clinton: the term 'hostilities' was vague but they declined to give it more concrete meaning

On the recordJune 27, 2011
the term 'hostilities' was vague but they declined to give it more concrete meaning
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton explains the ambiguity of the term 'hostilities' in the War Powers Resolution.

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