Vincent Oshana

So Congress said, okay, it is true that the president needs the pen, Pat, to act as a leader and to take steps.

But after 60 days, if it's going further, you've got to get our permission.

and that's the War Powers Act, and that's why they put it in place.

Thank you, Pat.

My question to you is, Tom, does Pete Hexeth and the Department of War have to prove with intel behind closed doors, not in front of the public, that these threats, the nuclear plans and all that stuff is actually valid to continue it?

Because I think 60 days is still a lot to just go, okay, we're going to go to war because we said this, and then we're going to go.

After 60 days, do they have to prove that this is correct?

Yes.

Is that what you're saying?

The test is called the unavoidable military necessity.

Okay.

And there are subcommittees that are secret subcommittees.

There are, I believe there's 11 congressmen right now that will get secret briefings from the Department of Defense.

It's like the Defense Select Subcommittee or something like that.

Rob, if you look it up, I think that's what it's called.

I think it is called that, the Defense Select Subcommittee.

Yeah.

And so the president, joint chiefs and only those people know to create, you know, these committees for the purpose of discussing it.

But it's unavoidable military necessity that they have to be convinced.

And so they said, OK, then the subcommittee whispers to everybody else, we need to vote yes on this.