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Bob Corker: “And to the question that Mr. Preston raised earlier about Afghanistan and getting back to the fact that the…”

On the recordMay 20, 2014
And to the question that Mr. Preston raised earlier about Afghanistan and getting back to the fact that the administration has not called this a Global War on Terror, but has--you know, is certainly carrying out counterterrorist operations all around the globe, if Afghanistan winds down at some point--let us say 24 months from now we do not have people doing what they now, today, are doing--would there need to be an AUMF to continue to strike entities that, you know, could pose a threat to us down the road?
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee
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Editor's note · Context

Corker questions the need for authorization to use military force post-Afghanistan.

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