If there is ever a time for Congress to exercise its constitutional power of the purse in America's foreign affairs, now is the time. All this Amendment says, and Mr. Keating will be speaking to the specific, all it says is that we will not invade a NATO nation. Not one of you doesn't understand the angst that exists in NATO right now. And this would be coupled with the President's assurance today that there would not be an invasion. (04:50–05:00)
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Asserts that the amendment states the U.S. will not invade a NATO nation.
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