Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130523:18:28:00
Discipline of our troops, thousands of civilians have been killed. so neither conventional military action nor waiting for attacks to occur offers moral safe harbor. neither does a sole reliance on law enforcement in territories that have no functioning police or security services and indeed have no functioning law. this is not to say that the risks are not real. any operation in foreign lands creates enemies and impacts public opinion overseas. moreover, our laws constraint the power of the president. even during war time. and i've taken an oath to defend
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