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The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. Congress hasn't formally done so since 1942. Brian Finucane, a former State Department lawyer and current senior adviser at the International Crisis Group, joins Matt to make sense of how that happened — and what it means now that the United States is at war with Iran. Brian has spent years arguing, across administrations of both parties, that executive branch war-making has drifted dangerously far from its constitutional moorings. Operation Epic Fury, he contends, is the most consequential test of that argument yet.
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Music by Andrew R. Bird
USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch
#IranWar #USWarPowers #NationalSecurity
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The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. Congress hasn't formally done so since 1942. Brian Finucane, a former State Department lawyer and current senior adviser at the International Crisis Group, joins Matt to make sense of how that happened — and what it means now that the United States is at war with Iran. Brian has spent years arguing, across administrations of both parties, that executive branch war-making has drifted dangerously far from its constitutional moorings. Operation Epic Fury, he contends, is the most consequential test of that argument yet.
Subscribe and share to stay ahead in the world of intelligence, global issues, and current affairs.
Follow Brian on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bcfinucane.bsky.social
Connect with Brian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-finucane-15a5652b
Audio: https://pod.fo/e/41d13c
YouTube: https://youtu.be/TUYI1DqO-CA
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/secretsandspies.bsky.social
Instagram: https://instagram.com/secretsandspies
Facebook: https://facebook.com/secretsandspies
Spoutible: https://spoutible.com/SecretsAndSpies
Follow Chris and Matt on Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/chriscarrfilm.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/mattfulton.net
Secrets and Spies is produced by Films & Podcasts LTD: https://filmsandpodcasts.co.uk/
Music by Andrew R. Bird
USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch
#IranWar #USWarPowers #NationalSecurity

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