News AG Barr: ‘The president clearly had the authority to act’ in Soleimani strike January 13, 2020Deirdre Shesgreen and Kevin Johnson, USA TODAYComments Off on AG Barr: ‘The president clearly had the authority to act’ in Soleimani strike President Trump and his national security advisers have offered shifting accounts of what prompted the decision to kill Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.