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• SOURCE: NPR
  6/17/2021
  

  Congress Is Poised To Take Back Some Of Its War Powers From The President

  US Rep. Barbara Lee was among the few opponents of giving George W. Bush authority to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. Her resolution to repeal that legislation now has more than 130 cosponsors. 

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• SOURCE: NYT
  4-7-17
  

  Was Trump’s Syria Strike Illegal? Explaining Presidential War Powers

  The strike raises two sets of legal issues.

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• SOURCE: The Boston Globe
  4-7-17
  

  Trump doesn’t have authority to order strikes against Syria

  by Andrew J. Bacevich

  That authority rests with the Congress.