The Iraq War has cast a dark shadow over our country and the world, but Americans have always strived to learn from our mistakes, while honoring service and sacrifice.
On Thursday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) defended the strike on Qasem Soleimani and called for Congress to “revisit” the AUMFs in Iraq and Afghanistan and vote on a new one. Roy said,
During a Senate hearing on Thursday, Secretary of State nominee CIA Director Mike Pompeo argued that the US needs a new authorization for the use of military force. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) asked, “[W]e have an AUMF, the authorization for the
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis argued this week against a new authorization for the use of military force that would place any limitations on the U.S. military’s ability to go after terrorists.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Breitbart News exclusively in an interview in his U.S. Senate office on Capitol Hill this week that he is troubled by the bad advice President Donald Trump is getting from the military generals who surround him on matters of war.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Republican-led House panel, in a rare show of bipartisanship, has voted to approve an amendment introduced by a Democrat to revoke the 2001 law that grants the president the authority to wage war against al-Qaeda and its affiliates without the consent of Congress, a move that restricts President Donald Trump’s ability to fight terror.
Army Captain Nathan Michael Smith, 28, has filed suit against President Obama in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, contending that the President lacks legal authority for his war against the Islamic State.
Until Obama shows stronger leadership and vision, his call on Congress regarding Islamic State is just more buck-passing by the White House.
