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Can Anyone Stop a President From Starting a War? (#318)

Can Anyone Stop a President From Starting a War? (#318)8 Sept19 min

What if the president can act before Congress has time to stop him? As former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, former General Counsel of the Department of Defense, and a member of the National Security Council, Jeh Johnson has advised presidents on war, terrorism, cyber threats, and some of the country’s most consequential national security decisions. He has seen what happens when the pressure to “do something” collides with incomplete intelligence, rapidly changing facts, political pre...