Boehner Challenges Obama on Libya Rationale Amid ‘Robust’ Debate

House Speaker John Boehner is accusing the White House of deciding to “conceal” a Justice Department opinion that contradicts President Barack Obama’s argument that the U.S. mission in Libya doesn’t need congressional authorization to continue.

The Ohio Republican released a statement last night after Obama declined in a letter to Boehner to address the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel’s views on whether the War Powers Resolution of 1973 applies to the mission. Obama takes the position it doesn’t apply because the U.S. is serving a support role to the NATO-led mission that does not meet the definition of “hostilities” that requires congressional approval.