Mike Lee on if He Supports Missile Strikes: ‘Impossible’ to Evaluate that Because I Don’t Have Trump’s Intel

‘I look forward to getting that information’

EXCERPT:

LEE: "First of all, I think the American people understand that there is a constitutional obligation anytime we are getting involved militarily in a foreign conflict for the president of the United States to come to Congress and to make the case to the people’s elected representatives in Congress as to why we should be involved in war. The Constitution of the War Powers Resolution gives a little bit of wiggle room there. A President can order a discrete strike, but there is a short shot clock on that that the President needs to come to Congress to make the case to the American people. Not just to follow procedure, but also —"
HEMMER: "That may come another day. But as for today, do you support the decision he made?"
LEE: "It is impossible for me to evaluate that completely. I don’t have all of the facts yet. I don’t have the intel that the President had when he made the decision. I look forward to getting that information."

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