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Tom Barrett: “We closed out two authorizations that were dormant from the…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Setting Clear Limits on the Iran Conflict | Rep. Barrett on The Lead with Jake Tapper | CNN

Published | Video Starts at 00:49

In fact, one of the proudest votes I took in the term that I've been elected was last year in the National Defense Authorization Act. For the first time in my life, We closed out two authorizations that were dormant from the 1990s Gulf War and the war in Iraq that started in 2003. the same war that I deployed in 17 years, almost to the day after I came home, we voted to repeal those authorizations. (00:49–01:10)

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Asserts that Congress repealed authorizations for military force from the 1990s Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War.

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