I was barely in office for, I don't know, six or seven months in 2013, and I was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. It was August recess, so all the members were back home and working in their district. President Obama said that he was going to come to Congress to ask for authorization to go and launch an attack in Syria. the beginning of what would be another regime change war. I immediately went back to Washington. I did my due diligence and my research, and I came to the conclusion that unfortunately, they had no plan for what would happen next. (09:33–09:41)
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Asserts that President Obama sought Congressional authorization for an attack in Syria.
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