Jim Himes: “Clinton, of course, prosecutes a military attack on, largely…”

“That's sort of an antiquated idea, but I think it's really important. And so again, don't, don't take this as being comfortable with what Obama and Clinton did. Clinton, of course, prosecutes a military attack on, largely on Serbs in the late 1990s in the Balkans, and he doesn't get permission from Congress to do that. And two things happen. Number one, he claims, through he claims that he has turned over authority for the airstrikes that we're doing in the Balkans to NATO.” (04:05–04:16)

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