In light of last night's US attack on bases in Syria, Psaki was asked about this 2017 tweet on AF1 just now, per @KaitlanCollins, and the @PressSec cited the NSC reason on legal authority about Article II of the Constitution and said there was a thorough legal review.
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https://twitter.com/jrpsaki/status/850173258540474368
2/ Her 2017 tweet, Psaki said, was in ref to an "attack on Syrian military installations in response to a chemical weapons attack. Last night was a strike on militant groups in defense of US personnel under attack in Iraq. There is a massive difference in both policy and law."
3/ .@IlhanMN just told @JohnKingCNN she hoped the Biden administration would give a "legal rationale on why they authorized this strike without congressional approval...We in Congress have congressional oversight in engaging in war, and we haven't been briefed yet...
@IlhanMN @JohnKingCNN 4/ "...We have not authorized war in Syria. And so her question was important when it was a different administration and that question still remains with this administration. Our ability to engage in Constitutional actions does not diminish when the party in power is ours."
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