The White House has thrown its weight behind an ongoing effort in the Senate to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations, almost 10 years after the U.S. supposedly officially ended combat operations under the resolutions.
Anti-war advocates have called for the AUMFs to be repealed.in a statement
earlier this month. “Once the Senate does their job, we’ll make inroads in the House and get it to President Biden’s desk for signature. We are well on our way.” Quaker advocate group Friends Committee on National Legislation celebrated the passage of the measure through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, writing, “This outdated law — passed to defend the United States against the alleged threat of weapons of mass destruction from Saddam Hussein’s regime — has been relied upon by successive presidents to carry out military operations entirely unconnected to its purpose over the last two decades.
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