That night, as I wearily entered the Waldorf at nine p.m., I heard my secure phone ring and hustled to the back study to answer it. Susan was on the line. I started filling her in on the latest from the secretary-general, but she cut me off. President Obama had decided on a sudden change of course, she said. He had gone from “wanting to go and go yesterday” to deciding that he would seek authorization from Congress for the use of force before proceeding with military strikes against Assad. I was so taken aback that I asked Susan to repeat what she had said, to be sure I hadn’t misheard. She
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Punting here. Big it’s an important constitutional duty for Congress to do stuff life this. Idk. This is fucked up.
