Video / United States 24 July 2024 1 minute How the U.S. Has Justified its Use of Force Since 7 October In this video Brian Finucane talks about how the Biden administration has worked around legal guardrails to engage in fighting without approval from the U.S. Congress. Share Facebook Twitter Email Linkedin Whatsapp Save Print Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attacks, and Israel’s subsequent military campaign in Gaza, have sparked new and renewed hostilities around the Middle East involving Iran-aligned groups and the United States. The Biden administration has worked around legal guardrails to engage in this fighting without approval from the U.S. Congress. In this video our Senior Adviser for the U.S. Program Brian Finucane talks about why this matters and what can be done.For more, read the associated report here. Loading Video Related Tags More for you Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa The U.S. Can Do More to Prevent an Israel-Iran War Originally published in Foreign Policy Alert / Middle East & North Africa Staying the Guns of August: Avoiding All-out Regional War in the Middle East Also available in Also available in Arabic