Rand Paul: “The Constitution says that when you go to war, Congress has…”

“You know, it's not so much about a briefing, but we haven't had a briefing to be clear. We've got no information. I've been invited to no briefing. But a briefing is not enough to overcome the Constitution. The Constitution says that when you go to war, Congress has to vote on it. And during a war, then there's a lower rules for engagement. People do sometimes get killed without due process. But the drug war or the war or the crime war has typically been something we do through law enforcement.” (00:53–00:58)

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