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On the recordMarch 22, 2021
if Congress actually engages in war powers and AUMF reform that this hearing is addressing today, I think the executive branch will no longer have that crutch
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma

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Cole emphasizes the need for Congress to reform war powers to limit executive authority.

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