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Executive authority and ordering military action and it goes way back. >> what's happened is politically, the congress surrenders war powers. it became -- it became a congressional power that they didn't want. the responsibility became so heavy they said, you know what? we're going to look the other way, let you presidents do whatever you want, basically from vietnam forward. and so they then tried to cod did fi it through the war act saying the president can do these things and he can do them quickly if he has to, he has to report to us in 48 hours. all the require finances of the war powers ...
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