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The Hill | Biden airstrikes heat up debate over war powers
Biden’s airstrikes over the weekend against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria have added fuel to a simmering debate in Congress over presidential war powers. Top Democrats have backed Biden’s move as a proportionate and necessary response to escalating drone strikes from the militias against U.S. interests in Iraq.
But the strikes — the second time Biden has hit the militias — came as Democrats were already working to claw back presidential war powers. |
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