CSPAN2 Debate On War And The Constitution October 11, 2014
Host of the National War College. The last government job you worked for the director of national intelligence. Thank you [applause] there wasnt a single founder who doubted that going to war was the most important decision the republic could make. War is the greatest threat to the public. War focuses power on the executive saying since the executive has more incentive to go to war the founders placed the power of going to war the congress not the executive. The founder who understood war better than any president was George Washington who gave a long farewell address and spelled out the Forei...