So now you are telling me we have a strategy to defeat Bashar Assad, and we have a strategy to defeat ISIS in Iraq and S...
I would respectfully say that when my colleagues here are saying that the President needs to show more leadership...
We agree with you that it is better to have a new AUMF.
It will be years, not months, before it is defeated.
Congress, rather than the Executive, has the responsibility and the authority to authorize military action and to declar...
I do disagree with you with respect, and respectfully, that the 2001 AUMF does not authorize this, and let me just tell ...
There is no question that we authorized this government to go after al-Qaeda wherever they were.
A bold bipartisan mandate would strengthen our hand.
I assure you, President Obama, who served on this committee for, you know, 4 years and Senator Biden, then-Senator Biden...
he has the authority constitutionally, and he has the authority with respect to the 2001 AUMF.
We need to summon that same determination to find the common ground here in Washington.
it is important that this committee lead the Congress and the country
Absolutely we will continue it because we believe we have full authority under the 2001 AUMF and parts of the 2002.
This is obviously not a partisan issue; it is a leadership issue.
The President has been clear that his policy is that U.S. military forces will not be deployed to conduct ground combat ...
Daesh will continue to spread until or unless it is stopped.
I had the privilege of chairing, the first ministerial level meeting of the coalition last week in Brussels.
ISIL is a threat to America's security and interests.
