On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
No one is forced in there. That has to be maintained.
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congress.govNo one is forced in there. That has to be maintained.
Hagel advocates for the importance of maintaining the All-Volunteer Force.
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The statutory authority is the AUMF of 2001, and if you wanted to add something to that, it would probably be the AUMF of 2002.
It is up to the people of Afghanistan to make these decisions--their military, their new leadership that will be coming in as a result of their new government.
If Congress would not agree to that request, it would be a pretty devastating message that we send to the world.