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Jim Webb: I am not going to sit here and let everybody throw the dart at the White House saying the President violated this and…

On the recordJune 27, 2011
I am not going to sit here and let everybody throw the dart at the White House saying the President violated this and that when he was the first President to ever say I accept the constitutionality of the War Powers Act.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb defends the President's actions regarding the War Powers Act.

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