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- ↑ Public Law 110-18
- ↑ Hunt, Sivonnia L. (May 1, 2013). "The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: The Roadblocks to Recovery". Seventh Circuit Review. 8 (2): 434–458.
- ↑ Lou Fisher, Presidential War Power, 2nd ed. University of Kansas Press, 2007.
- ↑ Froomkin, D. "Bush Thumbs Nose at Congress", The Washington Post, January 30, 2008.