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Shelley Moore Capito: “We don't have boots on the ground there.”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 04:43

Whether I would vote to authorize a use of force, I'm going to cross that bridge when I come to it. Hopefully things will have settled. We don't have boots on the ground there. I think that is a significant factor in terms of making the determination as to whether the President needs to come to Congress for a declaration of war. (04:43–04:45)

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Asserts that there are no American troops on the ground in Iran.

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