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11. Wayyyyy back in 2001, Congress washed its hands of its war powers and handed them off to the

Thu May 23, 2013, 01:48 PM

May 2013

executive branch. It will remain this way as long as Congress refuses to do its job. And that certainly will not happen with the Congress we have.

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