Bob Corker said "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?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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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