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Topic: authorization for use of military force

Barbara Lee (AP/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Congress to debate war on ISIS

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California Congresswoman Barbara Lee at a press conference in 2009 (Reuters/Enrique de La Osa)

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FILE - In this July 22, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex in Washington. After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) (AP)

Obama's flimsy justification

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