The following article by Griffin Connolly was posted on the Roll Call website February 9, 2018:
The White House has shrouded a seven-page memo outlining POTUS’ interpretation of war powers
Sen. Tim Kaine is demanding that the White House release a secret memo outlining President Donald Trump’s interpretation of his legal basis to wage war.
The Virginia Democrat, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday requesting that he hand over the seven-page document drafted last spring.
Kaine’s concern with the memo stems from the president’s unilateral decision last April to strike a Syrian airfield with Tomahawk missiles worth millions of dollars in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons on his own people. Continue reading “The Other Memo Lawmakers Want the Public to See — But Trump Doesn’t”