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To: Rusty0604

Excerpt from the WT article:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/16/aumf-update-would-limit-donald-trump-war-powers/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_campaign=pushnotify&utm_medium=push

U.S. troops could continue fighting the Taliban and al Qaeda and would be given explicit new permission to battle the Islamic State — but would not be authorized to attack the capabilities of any nation state, such as Syria — under updated rules of war proposed by a bipartisan group of senators Monday.

Led by Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, the new Authorization for the Use of Military Force would replace 2001 and 2002 AUMFs that started the war on terror and paved the way for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The commander in chief — in this case President Trump — would be authorized to keep up the fight against a long list of international terrorist organizations that were either affiliated with or spun off of al Qaeda, including the Haqqani Network, al Shabaab and the Al Nusrah Front.

But Congress would be granted more oversight powers, including having to reauthorize the war powers every four years.


161 posted on 04/16/2018 8:51:22 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: little jeremiah

Reauthorize every four years, how convenient for them.


164 posted on 04/16/2018 8:55:30 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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