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July 26, 2013
Diminishing Checks and Balances for U.S. Commanders in Chief Considering War
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Marvin Kalb Reports
Marvin Kalb, resident senior adviser at the Pulitzer Center, has covered U.S. foreign policy for...
![Media file: marvin_on_pbs.jpg](/sites/default/files/07-26-13/marvin_on_pbs.jpg "Marvin Kalb discusses his new book "The Road to War" on PBS Newshour.")
The last official declaration of war from the U.S. Congress was back in December 1941, but the United States has been engaged in frequent military conflict since then.
PBS NewsHour's Ray Suarez sits down with Pulitzer Center senior adviser Marvin Kalb to discuss the evolving power of the president in his book "The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed."
