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Lindsey Graham: “If I'm willing, along with some other colleagues, to give the President the authority, he doesn't have to use it.”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2016
If I'm willing, along with some other colleagues, to give the President the authority, he doesn't have to use it.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Graham discusses granting military authority to the President regarding North Korea.

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