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Jim Himes: “The Congress in the Noriega mission had authorized regime…”

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

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Because when we went into Panama, the Panamanian Congress had declared war on the United States of America. Right. They had killed a United States Marine and wounded two others. And the Congress had been consultant. The Congress in the Noriega mission had authorized regime change. So it's a terrible precedent that the administration is using to say that this is legal. Yeah. As we understand it, because we looked this up, Noriega claimed head of state immunity. (44:01–44:10)

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