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John Kerry: “The purpose of the AUMF is to authorize in its new and modern context, its state-of-the-art context, the challenge that…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
The purpose of the AUMF is to authorize in its new and modern context, its state-of-the-art context, the challenge that we now face with a very different kind of extended threat, if you will.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kerry explains the intent behind the Authorization for Use of Military Force.

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