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Mike Rounds: “He [President Trump] notified us last night of the…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Senator Rounds Talks Iran on Bloomberg

Published | Video Starts at 01:00

And that is he notified Congress within 48 hours of the possibility of hostilities or the anticipation of hostilities. And second of all, He [President Trump] notified us last night of the hostilities themselves, both well within the time frames that are required by the law. Next of all, he does have the ability during this next 60 day to 90 day period, without question in my mind, the ability to respond and to carry out the attacks that are currently going on in the Middle East. (01:00–01:19)

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