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says only congress can declare war, and that's correct. and the president will claim article 2, that says he is the commander in chief, and he can employ u.s. military forces to defend the united states and our military in this case. and of course that was sharpened back in 1973 under the war powers resolution. and under that resolution, passed by both houses, it basically said, reaffirmed their position, but where it came down to is the president could deploy military force, but had to notify the congress within 48 hours, and then of course had to go to congress within 60 days or withdraw them. i think president biden is going to abide by all those things. notifications have already been made. previous presidents, trump, obama, i'm sure bush did the same thing. and so i think the president did the right thing here. overdue. i would continue to add, but did the right thing. and i think it will for the most part congress is going to support him for it. >> so secretary austin is still hospitalized as this is going on, and the defense department