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Jason Crow: “After 9/11, Congress created what's called an Authorization…”

Featuring: Jason Crow, Democratic | U.S. House, Colorado, District 6

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Congressman Jason Crow Discusses War Powers and US-Iran Tensions

Published | Video Starts at 02:59

Between where what? Where what the commander can the president can do as Commander in Chief versus what Congress needs to approve. Yeah. The basis of the problem Here is After 9/11, Congress created what's called an Authorization for Use of Military Force. That UMF is what we call them in Congress was very broad. It was essentially a blank check that allowed Democrat and Republican Congress's Democrat and Republican presidency. (02:59–03:07)

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Asserts that Congress created an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) after 9/11.

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