Carolina QuotesI told my constituents when I ran for office that the most important vote I would ever take would be on sending their men and women — the boys and girls, the young men and women in my state — or anywhere else in the United States — to war. To me, it's an amazing thing, an amazing thing that we would do this so lightly, without any consideration by this august body. To send our young men and women to war without any congressional approval.
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Senate floor, 2011-03-30 — regarding US participation in enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya
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- 2011
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