WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following press release:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran.
President Trump, along with his right-wing extremist Israeli ally Benjamin Netanyahu, has begun an illegal, premeditated and unconstitutional war. Tragically, Trump is gambling with American lives and treasure to fulfill Netanyahu's decades-long ambition of dragging the United States into armed conflict with Iran.
The U.S. Constitution is clear. It is the Congress that declares war, not a president acting unilaterally. The Senate must reconvene immediately and vote on a pending War Powers Resolution, which I will strongly support.
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