And I want to make a very specific point about tomorrow's, hopefully tomorrow's War Powers Resolution introduced by Senator Kaine and others to block the use of American forces in Iran. I will support that, of course. But make no mistake, if A War Powers resolution defeat does not constitute an authorization of the use of military force. The way this works, right, is that a president has some flexibility to basically take a kinetic action to use the United States military to protect American interests if there is an imminent threat. (04:25–04:37)
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Asserts that defeating a War Powers resolution does not authorize military force.
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