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U.S. Military Actions in Libya Raise Questions of Domestic Legal Authority; House Resolution Rebukes President for Noncompliance with War Powers Resolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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4 50 U.S.C. §§1541-1548.

5 50U.S.C. §1543.

6 50 U.S.C. §1544.

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