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Sep 2014
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Episode #91: ISIS, ISIL, IS, AUMF

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Benjamin Wittes, Robert Chesney, Shane Harris and Wells Bennett talk the politics and law of the ISIS AUMF--and why President Obama isn't seeking one.

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