AUMF
Authorization for the Use of Military force, a bill passed by the U.S. Congress on September 14, 2001 that allowed then President George W. Bush to begin military operations against al-Qaeda and any other “associated forces” responsible for the 9/11 attacks. The bill has since been used as justification for Bush and subsequent presidents to conduct counterterror operations in Libya, Iraq, and throughout Africa, among other countries.
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Jul- 2019 -11 JulyCommentary
Why America’s limited conflicts become ‘forever wars’
Interview with Donald Stoker, Naval War College professor and author of "Why America Loses Wars: Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present"
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Jun- 2019 -28 JuneAmericas
In Congress, a long battle over Trump’s Iran and Saudi policies looms
A growing bipartisan alliance of progressive Democrats and libertarian-leaning conservatives is reasserting Congress's role in war
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Nov- 2017 -6 NovemberCommentary
“You’ve got to tell us more”: The 9/11 blank check, 16 years on
Sixteen years after the US Congress authorized the president to go after terrorists in Afghanistan, the AUMF exists as a blank check to wage war
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