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Members of Congress: Trump needs their approval for military action in Syria

Editors, USA TODAY

In the late summer of 2013, nearly two years before announcing his candidacy for president, Donald Trump did not mince words on his opposition to a U.S. military strike in Syria.

"What will we get for bombing Syria besides more debt and a possible long term conflict? Obama needs Congressional approval," Trump tweeted on the morning of Aug. 29, 2013.

A tweet earlier that month said: "The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not."

Moments after Pentagon officials announced that President Trump ordered an airstrike against Syria military targets in retaliation for Tuesday's chemical weapons attack that killed 86 people, members of Congress pointed out Trump's reversal.

President Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians.
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