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"I ... don't see why the state of North Carolina has any special interest or reason to hold an inquiry on a question of national security," former deputy assistant attorney general and Berkeley law school professor John Yoo said in an email. "Is each state going to have its own special panel on every controversial question of foreign policy? This is why the Constitution vests control ... in the federal government alone."
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Mr. Yoo said Mr. Obama's repeated clashes with Congress, where the president often did end runs rather than reach compromises, will now haunt him.
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