Ben Cardin: “We are now 16 years beyond the 2001 AUMF, and yet it continues to be used as justification for a wide range of military…”

It was originally a piece of legislation targeting the people who killed Sergei Magnitsky.

If we are going to carry this as a value on the international stage, that the United States stands up for human rights and certain values and the rule of law, is it not important that we be willing to apply these sanctions to accomplish…

We need to consider how we deal with that.

We imposed sanctions on the individual.