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Sat Jun 9, 2018, 10:13 PM Jun 2018

Senators Corker and Kaine Want to Give President Trump the Authority to Wage Worldwide War

https://www.aclu.org/blog/executive-branch/senators-corker-and-kaine-want-give-president-trump-authority-wage-worldwide

The Corker-Kaine AUMF would authorize force, without operational limitations, against eight groups in six countries. The president could then add to both lists, as long as the president reports the expansion to Congress. To be clear — the president would have unilateral authority to add additional countries — including the United States itself — to the list of countries where Congress is authorizing war. And the president would have unilateral authority to add additional enemies, including groups in the United States itself and even individual Americans, under its new authority for the president to designate “persons” as enemies.



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Senators Corker and Kaine Want to Give President Trump the Authority to Wage Worldwide War (Original Post) recentevents Jun 2018 OP
And it would restrict aspects of his authority, outside of those eight groups in six countries, RockRaven Jun 2018 #1

RockRaven

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1. And it would restrict aspects of his authority, outside of those eight groups in six countries,
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 10:38 PM
Jun 2018

that currently exists in the ambiguous open language of the AUMF passed after 9/11.

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