S10 Ep45: America’s War Powers Crisis with Brian Finucane

Secrets & Spies

May 23, 202658:47News & Politics

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. Congress hasn't formally done so since 1942. Brian Finucane, a former State Department lawyer and current senior adviser at the International Crisis Group, j...

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