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Kevin Cramer: “Congress has actually declared war very few times.”

Featuring: Kevin Cramer, Republican | U.S. Senate from North Dakota

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US Senator Kevin Cramer from Episode 615

Published | Video Starts at 07:22

But again, every time this happens, the debate is sparked. And one of those AUMFs from the war on terror we've since repealed as Congress, it's very few times that Congress has actually declared war very few times. When you think of all of the military strikes that have been ordered by presidents over the years and the decades, I think only a handful have had the authority, the war powers authority offered by Congress itself. (07:22–07:32)

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