Rand Paul: It’s Very Difficult After the War Starts to Have a Debate on War Powers

PAUL: "Well, I think the debate is not over. You know, our Founding Fathers were very clear that the initiation or declaration of war should begin in Congress, you know, this is where it's supposed to happen, we're supposed to have this debate. We’ve had some of the debate and we've been defeated. The majority of Congress believes that the president can begin wars and execute wars without authority from Congress. That is not what our Founding Fathers thought. Our Founding Fathers thought that really war happened too often, war should be the last resort, and that is why we should have Congress vote on it first. It's very difficult after it starts, really, to have a debate over this, because once the soldiers are in the field, it's very hard to have this debate."

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Rand Paul: It’s Very Difficult After the War Starts to Have a Debate on War Powers‘I think the debate is not over’News & Politics,InternationalEXCERPT:PAUL: "Well, I think the debate is not over. You know, our Founding Fathers were very clear that the initiation or declaration of war should begin in Congress, you know, this is where it's supposed to happen, we're supposed to have this debate. We’ve had some of the debate and we've been defeated. The majority of Congress believes that the president can begin wars and execute wars without authority from Congress. That is not what our Founding Fathers thought. Our Founding Fathers thought that really war happened too often, war should be the last resort, and that is why we should have Congress vote on it first. It's very difficult after it starts, really, to have a debate over this, because once the soldiers are in the field, it's very hard to have this debate."Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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