Not until yesterday did the administration come to Congress to answer the most basic of questions and only after suggesting it was reported that they would potentially choke off further information to the Congress. The Constitution demands otherwise. The Founders split the government's wartime powers just as they divided responsibilities for so many other things. It is Congress which declares war, which raises an army and a navy, and pays for the financial costs of defense and war. (04:31–04:44)
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Asserts that the Constitution requires a division of wartime powers between branches of government.
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