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When a president chooses war

When America has not been attacked, no president should choose war alone and no Congress should evade its constitutional responsibility.

The commander in chief commands America’s armed forces. But the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war because that decision is too grave for one person.

In this installment of "This Matters," Bill Britt examines the lessons of Vietnam, Iraq and Iran and how they reveal a recurring constitutional danger: presidential overreach enabled—or left unchallenged—by Congress.

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