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2024-01-12 11:35:11 UTC - HELPFUL
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Jefferson said the ship he sent was "unauthorized by the Constitution" & "without the sanction of Congress" to do anything beyond defending itself. He explicitly came to Congress to ask for authorization for offensive, retaliatory strikes against the Barbary pirates. http://www.stateoftheunionhistory.com/2016/03/1801-thoms-jefferson-unauthorized-by.html https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/04/politics/first-war-on-terror-barbary-isis/index.html
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