On the recordMarch 10, 2015
I urge you to pass the President's AUMF because it provides the necessary authority and flexibility to wage our current campaign.
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congress.govI urge you to pass the President's AUMF because it provides the necessary authority and flexibility to wage our current campaign.
Ash Carter emphasizes the importance of passing the AUMF for military operations.
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"Up-or-out" isn't broken--in fact, it's an essential and highly successful system--but it's also not perfect.
The goal of United States policy in Syria is to end the Syrian war--civil war.
I'm grateful that our country's leaders were able to come together last fall to avert that dismal future