John Kerry actually said...

No. I think the President feels that he has the full authority, both constitutionally and through the current AUMF.

Let me congratulate you on the formation of the government and your assumption of the responsibilities as prime minister.

It is critical. Absolutely critical and the first steps have been taken. I believe he understands the challenge.

What we've done is we've stop the onslaught that is what we were able to achieve with air power. They were moving towards Erbil and Baghdad....