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Josh Hawley: “The president has the authority as the commander in chief to…”

Featuring: Josh Hawley, Republican | U.S. Senate Missouri

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Published | Video Starts at 02:38

It needs to end. So we're looking at this NBC News report that the administration's considering strikes inside Venezuela proper. Do you support that? Listen, I would just say this. The president has the authority as the commander in chief to protect the United States. He's got the authority to protect us from foreign terrorist organizations. Which is what? These previous boats that have been hit carrying people who are part of foreign terrorist organizations. (02:38–02:43)

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Asserts that the president has authority to protect the U.S. as commander in chief.

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