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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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