re: Rand Paul introduces MILITARY HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS ACT OF 2017

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if NK launches on SK he wants to have congress approve

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(b) Operations Not Included.--The term ``military humanitarian 
operation'' does not mean a military operation undertaken for the 
following purposes: 
(1) Responding to or repelling attacks, or preventing 
imminent attacks, on the United States or any of its 
territorial possessions, embassies, or consulates, or members 
of the United States Armed Forces. 

(2) Direct acts of reprisal for attacks on the United 
States or any of its territorial possessions, embassies, or 
consulates, or members of the United States Armed Forces. 

(5) Carrying out treaty commitments to directly aid allies 
in distress. 

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