And the administration's actions are risking the careers of officers and troops and many having served for decades with great distinction, who faced the life and death question of whether to obey a superior or follow the law, follow the clear law. All this is occurring with an administration hell bent on hiding from Congress and the American public the actual facts, strategy and legal justification for its actions. America is not supposed to be at war based on a presidential say so. Abraham Lincoln said it well when he was a member of Congress in 1848. (18:47–18:59)
CLAIM
Asserts that the administration is concealing facts and justifications from Congress and the public.
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