House Democratic veterans back moves to limit Trump’s military authority
by Joseph Gedeon in Washington from on (#6Y5V8)
Letter from 12 members demanding congressional approval for war follows Trump's unauthorized bombing of Iran
A group of 12 House Democratic military veterans have thrown their weight behind efforts to constrain Donald Trump's military authority, announcing they will support a War Powers Act resolution in response to the US president's go ahead for airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The veterans - some of whom served in Iraq and Afghanistan - were strongly critical of Trump's decision to launch what they called preventive air strikes" without US congressional approval, drawing explicit parallels to the run-up to some of America's longest recent wars.
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