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Mike Johnson: “This was a limited operation and excursion. I don't call it…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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LIVE: Mike Johnson speaks at Trump's golf club in Florida

Published | Video Starts at 01:43

Well, I can tell you that from all the briefings that I've gotten inside the scif, in the Situation Room and elsewhere, they're giving the same information essentially that they're saying publicly, and that is that This was a limited operation and excursion. I don't call it a war. We've not declared war. This was an operation limited in scope and time, entirely consistent not only with the Constitution, but within the tradition of previous presidents in recent years, in our lifetimes, Scott, this is how it's been done. (01:43–01:50)

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Asserts that the military action in Iran is not a declared war but a limited operation.

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