Unfortunately, many presidents that have preceded this one have violated it as well. I was not in Congress then, I am in Congress now. And I'm going to force enforce the law now. You know, Under President Obama, we had Libya. Under President Clinton, we had Bosnia. And Kosovo Under President George H.W. Bush, we had Panama. What we've seen consistently is the executive branch tends to take a view of the War powers Act of 1973. That's most deferential to Article 2 to the executive branch. (02:27–02:35)
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