James Lankford: “The President has the authority to stop an attack before it…”

“If we're going to extend this war and we're going to keep going on this, Congress should get involved in this to be able to talk about what are the parameters of this, what are the authorities. The President has. The President has the authority to stop an attack before it comes, no matter where it is. But continuing on a war takes congressional action. Yeah. And at what point would that be required? How much longer does this need to go on before Congress needs to step in?” (03:44–03:49)

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