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To: ROCKLOBSTER

The entire press conference was filled with questions to trip Trump up. They were really fishing to ascertain if Trump had issued his tweet before the mission was completed. The Pelosi question and other related ones were designed to paint Trump as undertaking the mission without Congressional approval or knowledge. That dog won’t hunt.


103 posted on 10/27/2019 7:32:31 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar
The entire press conference was filled with questions to trip Trump up

Agreed, but they seemed rather....subdued or civilized. How long has it been since he last had a press conference?

Has his administration been able to retrain and restructure the press corpse, or was it just the way the RATagandist crowd was not mic'd up?

113 posted on 10/27/2019 7:45:40 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (We need to reach across the aisle, extend a hand...And slap the crap out of them)
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To: kabar; Fishtalk
Doesn't have to tell Congress anything for 48 hours

The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30-day withdrawal period, without a Congressional authorization for use of military force (AUMF) or a

191 posted on 10/27/2019 11:11:29 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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