… classified setting, so we could at least read what the legal rationale was and reach our own conclusion about whether we thought the legal rationale made sense. To my knowledge, In my now nearly 13 years in the Senate, this is the first instance of a president taking us into military action and refusing to show the House or Senate the legal opinion. There is a legal opinion that has been drafted to justify this war, but the administration will not let any of us. I thought it might just be me. (09:20–09:34)
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Asserts that this is the first time in nearly 13 years that a president has refused to show Congress the legal opinion for military action.
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