The president is fully within his authority to conduct this military operation. The War Powers Resolution and War Powers act gives him 60 to 90 days to conduct such an operation. And Congress was lawfully notified within 48 hours of the initial incursion. So for Tim Kaine or any other Democrat to say this is illegal, especially after so many Democrats, including Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, supported Barack Obama's seven month war in Libya, is just hypocritical at best. (02:22–02:29)
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Asserts that Congress was notified within 48 hours of the military operation's start.
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