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Rob Portman: The answer to that question, reclaiming my time, I would say that is a consideration that every President has to factor…

On the recordJune 7, 1995
The answer to that question, reclaiming my time, I would say that is a consideration that every President has to factor in is that it is a law on the books. It is a pressure applied to the executive branch. It is a factor when one is considering deployment, and necessarily so. I think it would also lead to a lot less ambiguity, as I said earlier, with regard to our foreign adversaries.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Discussing the implications of existing laws on presidential decision-making regarding military deployment.

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