John Barrasso - The Constitution is clear, Article I, Section 8, power vetted in Congress to declare...

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The Constitution is clear, Article I, Section 8, power vetted in Congress to declare war. If you go back to the founding documents of this nation, the decision of going to war was to be made by people closest to the ground - the elected officials - to make those decisions.

John Barrasso

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Die Verfassung ist klar, Artikel I, Abschnitt 8, die im Kongress festgelegte Befugnis, den Krieg zu erklären. Wenn Sie zu den Gründungsdokumenten dieser Nation zurückkehren, sollten die Menschen, die sich am Boden befinden - die gewählten Beamten - die Entscheidung treffen, in den Krieg zu ziehen, um diese Entscheidungen zu treffen.

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