"So, there would not be a worry about the absence of an AUMF affecting DOD's CT operations."
"The administration does not have a current position about whether it would support an AUMF repeal."
"the absence of an AUMF could affect the legality of United States presence in Afghanistan"
"the position would not be 'support,' and the position would not be 'opposed';... it would be 'I do not know what the administration's view would be'"
"But, to my colleagues, this is something that I think only we can solve."
"Congress put in it no temporal or geographic limitation."
"the prospect of repealing the AUMF is precisely what the President has functionally asked us to do"
"the AUMF provides broad authority to use force against al-Qaeda, the Taliban"
"I personally believe must be repealed."
"I feel it is time to seriously consider what options and tools we have to counter what appears to be a continued, and, in some regions, growing, threat of terrorism to the United States."
"There is no issue more important to our national security than whether to use military force."