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Reality Check: Would Syria airstrikes be an impeachable offense?

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(FOX19) - Arizona Senator John McCain has been calling for the United States to intervene and stop the bloodshed in Syria.

McCain is calling for airstrikes in the same way the U.S. intervened in Libya.

At the same time, another Republican lawmaker says if the President does intervene the same way, he should be impeached.

So what is going on here?  And who actually has the authority to declare war?

Ben has the Reality Check.

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