If this is from Thirteen Days... I think it boils down to, don't get shot down and don't report it, otherwise the US would respond with war...which is what we tried to avoid during this time period.
Couldn’t find a direct answer, but D seems the most logical to me.
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D . Article I Section 8 in the Constitution gives them the power to do so
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He attacked on Christmas. Puritans in the New World did not celebrate Christmas, but the Hessians (German mercenaries used by the British) certainly did. So the Americans launched a surprise attack on the Germans who were...ahem...celebrating, to put it mildly
