The President's News Conference
07/31/2014
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
the President has been clear that it is not in our interest to remain on a perpetual wartime footing.
I want to work with anyone in Congress who is ready to get to work and shares those goals.
Not every collection of thugs that label themselves al-Qaeda will pose a threat to the United States.
Congress should explore ways to narrow the AUMF rather than 'to expand the AUMF's mandate further'