President Obama told congressional leaders that he ordered strikes on Libya under his Constitutional authority as commander in chief.
As Democrats and Republicans alike publicly question Obama’s authority to order the strikes, the president sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) outlining the mission and declaring his authority.
At the close of the letter outlining actions the U.S. military has undertaken in recent days, Obama said that he “directed these actions, which are in the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive.”
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