{"id":312,"date":"2013-08-22T06:12:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T11:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/?p=312"},"modified":"2016-01-26T12:54:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T18:54:49","slug":"war-formally-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/blog\/war-formally-speaking","title":{"rendered":"War, formally speaking&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/exhibits\/charters\/constitution.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/blog\/war-formally-speaking\/constitution\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/08\/constitution.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"630,762\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"constitution\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/08\/constitution-248x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/08\/constitution.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-313 alignleft\" title=\"constitution\" src=\"http:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/08\/constitution-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/08\/constitution-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/08\/constitution-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/08\/constitution-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/08\/constitution-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/08\/constitution-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/08\/constitution-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Among the enumerated powers granted to Congress in Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution, is the authority to declare war. 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