Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, the U.S. Senate is moving to repeal the congressional authorization that provided the justification for the war.
Then-President George W. Bush addressed the nation March 19, 2003, in the Oval Office of the White House. Bush announced the U.S. military struck at"targets of opportunity" in Iraq.Then-President George W. Bush addressed the nation March 19, 2003, in the Oval Office of the White House. Bush announced the U.S. military struck at"targets of opportunity" in Iraq.the first bombs dropped on Baghdad in the U.S.
"Repealing this [Authorization for Use of Military Force] is a necessary step towards putting the final remnants of the Iraq War squarely behind us," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said last week after the SenateThe bipartisan effort led by Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va.; and Todd Young, R-Ind., repeals the 2002 AUMF under President George W. Bush that authorized the 2003 invasion, as well as the 1991 AUMF that authorized the first Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush.
— but Senate supporters say it is important for Congress to reassert its constitutional power to declare and end wars. "Every year we leave this AUMF on the books is another year that a future administration can abuse it," Schumer said."Congress — the rightful dispenser of war powers — cannot allow this to continue."The Kaine-Young legislation does not impact the 2001 war authorization approved in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that continues to give the president broad legal authority to conduct counterterrorism operations around the world.
Some 2,500 U.S. forces are still active in Iraq. NPR has learned that just last month the U.S. took part in nearly three dozen partnered raids with Iraqi counterterrorism forces against ISIS, and 200 raids last year.
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