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Does Trump have the authority to order U.S. strikes on Iran?

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President Trump said on June 21 that U.S. warplanes conducted strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities.

John B. Bellinger III says the president has broad authority under the Constitution to order the use of military force.

Article I of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to “declare War’s” power to order military force, he says.

Bellinger: The right to self-defense includes the right to use force against an imminent armed attack.

In 1981 , the U.S. joined a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel for launching a surprise attack on the Osirak nuclear reactor in Baghdad .

In 2007 , the George W. Bush administration declined an Israeli request to participate in destroying a reactor in Syria .

Members of Congress should insist that the president consult fully with Congress before any use of military force against Iran .

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