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Chris Smith: I think anybody who is not in the administration understands that they are stretching things a little bit to use this…

On the recordDecember 1, 2015
I think anybody who is not in the administration understands that they are stretching things a little bit to use this authorization after 9/11 to attack ISIS, which is a group that basically did not exist on 9/11.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith critiques the administration's use of the 2001 AUMF for current military actions against ISIS.

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