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With Americans across the country commemorating #MemorialDayWeekend2019 by reflecting on the sacrifices made by those souls brave enough to have served in uniform, Donald Trump—who refused to serve when his nation called—is hoping we won’t notice... 1/
...that he’s sending even more of our troops into harm’s way. As if that weren’t bad enough, by circumventing the Constitution to sell additional arms to #SaudiArabia despite Congress’s bipartisan objections, Trump is continuing to escalate tensions with Iran and risking... 2/
...yet another war in the Middle East. It is unacceptable that, to this day, Trump has failed to adequately explain to the American people or to Congress—the only branch of government with the Constitutional authority to declare war—many of his decisions regarding Iran. 3/
While he and people like John Bolton appear dead set on beating the drums of war once again and sending other people's children into harm's way, the need for Congress to reassert itself in our nation’s foreign policy and war making has never been more clear.
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