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Deployment of United States Armed Forces Into Haiti
The President possessed the legal authority to deploy United States Armed Forces into Haiti. The planned deployment accorded with the sense of Congress, satisfied the requirements of the War Powers Resolution, and was not a "war" within the meaning of the Constitution. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/20306/download.
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