A closed briefing in the Senate today has ended with officials saying that the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for the ISIS war is a “nonstarter,” after White House officials, principally special envoy Brett McGurk, informing the Senate leadership that such a vote was unwelcome.
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http://news.antiwar.com/2015/11/11/white-house-objections-stop-isis-war-authorization-vote/
"Unwelcome"? WTF ???
The US Constitution gives war making powers to Congress, not to the President. The fact that time and again Congress fails to stand up to this tyrant is ominous.
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