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Cold War Spook

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7. I don't think that Congress has actually declared war since WWII.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 03:28 PM

Apr 2018

They have been giving the President the right for limited action. If the President is in the same party as Congress, that means forever. If the President isn't in the same party as Congress that means not quite forever.

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