Betsy Newmark: Congress’ war management record is not impressive

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Congress must be extremely careful in trying to manage our military during wartime.

Our Founding Fathers wisely gave most of that management power to the president. Congress retains the power of the purse and the power of oversight. But history suggests wariness as to Congress’s abilities to use those powers well during wartime.

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