And Congress needs to be briefed. Congress needs to have a say. And I've said this before, When we were bombed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt came to Congress to declare war. I was against invading Iraq. But Bush still came to Congress to get an aumf. And so I think that we need to be very clear if they're going to be troops on the ground, that's different. (07:23–07:31)
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