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Marco Rubio: “Under the War Powers Act, if we're going to be involved in…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testifies on Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 1:05:12

Well, there's two things. There's the Constitution. Look, there's a. There's. It seems like under the War Powers Act. No, Under the War Powers Act, if we're going to be involved in something that's going to put us in there, involved in a sustained way, we have to notify you within 48 hours after the fact. And then if it's going to last longer than 60 days, we have to come to Congress with it. We don't anticipate either of these things having to happen. (1:05:12–1:05:21)

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Asserts the requirement to notify Congress under the War Powers Act for sustained military involvement.

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