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Elissa Slotkin: “This war [in Iran] is not currently authorized by the US…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

Intel Brief: Social Security, the Iran War, and Trump's Attempts to Sow Doubt in Our Elections

Published July 18, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:09

So we do need transparency on the price and cost of war in both blood and treasure. Now we're back in full scale combat operations. This war [in Iran] is not currently authorized by the US Congress. And because the ceasefire is now dead and we're back in the middle of war, we really are pushing for the President to come back and explain the path out of this war. (04:09–05:53)

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Asserts that the ongoing war in Iran lacks congressional authorization.

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