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On the recordMay 23, 2018
I would love to follow up on that, because, essentially, the witness we had on the--in support of a new drafted AUMF, the Corker-Kaine AUMF, indicated that there were virtually no limits on it.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley discusses concerns about the lack of limits in the proposed AUMF.

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