And I was pretty strong in those hearings talking about, here's a real declaration of war, and I wrote, read the declaration of war against Japan, where we pledged every asset of this country to defeat Japan. Now, I also pointed out how tenuous The authorization that this administration is using right now...is a far stronger authorization than the one President Obama is asking for right now. now. And Chris, from my standpoint, if we want to start defeating, you know, and protect this, this nation, keep it safe, secure from, let's say, you know, homegrown extremists, … (03:13–03:22)
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Asserts that the current authorization for military force is stronger than the one President Obama requested.
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