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Jim Himes: “Obama of course takes military strikes in Syria, bombs…”

Featuring: Jim Himes, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 4th Congressional District

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A Conversation with Representative Jim Himes | American Conversations

Published | Video Starts at 05:10

… that uncomfortable and maybe illegal action and then saying, look, this is our precedent and they're moving the needle well beyond this precedent. But anyway, just to finish with Obama, Obama of course takes military strikes in Syria, bombs Syrian positions after the president there, Assad gases his own people. And it's really clear that Obama's not going to get permission from Congress to do what he wants wanted, which was to get permission to do surgical missile strikes. (05:10–05:20)

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Asserts that President Obama conducted military strikes in Syria following chemical attacks by Assad.

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