Ron Johnson: “What President Obama is asking for is an authorization…”

“They don't want to do it because of the political implications. At least that's the speculation. No, I would say we're not, you know, really debating it because What President Obama is asking for is an authorization weaker than the one he's using right now. 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.” (02:53–02:59)

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