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Tammy Baldwin: “The president does not have the unilateral authority to…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 05:26

They do not want him to pull our country into another war that the American people did not choose. The president does not have the unilateral authority to invade foreign countries, oust their governments, and seize their resources. Under the Constitution of the United States, the power to go to war lies with the people's branch. (05:26–05:37)

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Asserts that the U.S. president does not have unilateral authority to invade foreign countries and seize resources.

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