… a final authorization is one thing, but then you still need to notify Congress and that people still need to have an understanding as to what is going on, that The President of the United States has not just the moral but the legal authority to protect the homeland. We understand that, and we agree with that. But if you can't argue that there was an eminent threat that required you to put the country at war, then that's where this gets very difficult and very murky. (08:55–09:01)
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Asserts that the President has both moral and legal authority to protect the homeland.
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