I do not think we want to trade the AUMF, which is outdated and designed for a different problem, for something that may be updated but is overly broad.
Jane Harman: “I do not think we want to trade the AUMF, which is outdated and designed for a different problem, for something that may…”
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Harman critiques the outdated AUMF and warns against overly broad replacements.
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I think Congress has to enact an authorization to use military force for the region, which would identify the trade-offs and how to create a strategy for United States leadership that puts maximum pressure not just on Iran.
Should it have addressed Iran's other malign behavior? Yes, it should, and it still could, if this side agreement were entered into.
I think Congress is AWOL and Congress should be doing this, and the 2001 AUMF that most of us who are here voted for it seems to me doesn't apply to this situation at all.
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