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Bob Casey Jr.: “We commenced a military action with Israel to attack Iran…”

Featuring: Bob Casey Jr., Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Former senator Bob Casey on Congress, midterms and why voters are frustrated with Washington

Published | Video Starts at 09:16

And especially this request for billions more dollars for this war. The problem is that the Congress, both the House and the Senate, never had a debate on this. So We commenced a military action with Israel to attack Iran without any kind of authorization. even without a debate and, or authorization. And this isn't the first time this has happened. I think it was, it was adverse to the interests of our country to have it happen this time. (09:16–09:25)

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Asserts that military action with Israel against Iran was unauthorized by Congress.

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