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Mark Kelly: “They had a very hard time explaining to us the rationale…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Sen. Mark Kelly says government shutdown could end this week if GOP negotiates

Published | Video Starts at 01:40

And you've been briefed on what legal authorities are being invoked. Do you think they are insufficient at this point? They had a very hard time explaining to us the rationale, the legal rationale for doing this and the constitutionality of doing it. When you consider what you know, the law of warfare, especially at sea, was a very convoluted argument. It also included, by the way, a secret list of over 20 narco organizations, drug trafficking, cartels. (01:40–01:50)

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Asserts that the legal rationale and constitutionality of U.S. military actions were not clearly explained.

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