Congressman Garamendi questions Mattis over pretext for Syria attack

California Congressman John Garamendi engages Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the House Armed Services Committee hearing over the precise legal authority for military action in response to chemical weapons used by the aside regime in Syria, Mattis answering the authority was under Article II and lawyers would get back on the broader issue though all have to look at chemical weapons use weather in Salisbury England or in Syria, inexcusable and needed to be addressed. Mattis says the military does not have to wait for protection of forces when such weapons are used in the same theater they operate in, willing to provide the committee a document specifying the exact legal authority to act.