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President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed a joint resolution that would have limited his ability to use military power against Iran without Congressional approval.

Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times By Michael Crowley WASHINGTON — President Trump vetoed a Senate resolution on Wednesday that would have required him to seek congressional authorization before …

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the Iran War Powers resolution, a bipartisan effort to rein in presidential authority to use military force against Iran without congressional approval.

The measure had garnered bipartisan support after the president ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian military commander.

The Iran resolution marked a rare bipartisan effort to curb Trump’s war powers, but supporters expected a veto and conceded they couldn’t override it.

U.S. officials believe they’re making progress in efforts to secure the release from Iran of a detained Navy veteran.

As promised, President Trump vetoed a resolution that would have limited his ability to take military action against Iran without congressional approval.

The talks come even as the Trump administration intensifies its ‘maximum pressure’ strategy of sanctions against Iran and threatens to shoot Iranian gunboats in the Persian Gulf.

There was concern in Congress that Tehran and Washington were perilously close to all-out conflict, and some lawmakers wanted to restrain further actions the president might take against Iran.