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48. Also: AUMF Repeal Bill Would End Extraordinary War Powers Granted After 9/11

Posted: 06/10/2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/aumf-repeal-bill-war-powers_n_3416689.html

Obama signed NDAA since vetoing it would have left the AUMF in force:

The House Will Vote To Repeal 2001 Authorization To Use Military Force

Schiff’s proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is deceptive in how brief it is. Just six lines long, the amendment set for debate on the House floor on Wednesday calls for the Authorization for the Use of Military Force passed in 2001 to finally sunset. “The Authorization for Use of Military Force (50 U.S.C. 1541 note; Public Law 107–5 40) is hereby repealed,” the legislative text reads. “This section shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.”

That’s the entirety of the amendment. But should those thirty-one words be added to the NDAA, the effect would be extremely wide reaching, erasing the scope of the sixty words that it would be replacing in the way that the United States conducts operations against terrorists overseas. In the years after Congress hastily passed the 2001 AUMF, both the Bush and Obama administrations have used it to conduct operations in places like Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia where no declaration of war exists, but the local government allows the presence of special operators, unmanned drones, and missile strikes on their soil. Pulling back on that ability has been the goal of many almost since the AUMF was put into place, but now the landscape appears to be shifting away from those who would rather keep it intact...

The debate over Schiff’s amendment comes nearly one year exactly after President Obama pledged in a wide-ranging speech on national security that he would work closely with Congress to “refine, and ultimately repeal” the AUMF. “Groups like [Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula] must be dealt with, but in the years to come, not every collection of thugs that labels themselves al Qaeda will pose a credible threat to the United States,” Obama said at the time. “Unless we discipline our thinking and our actions, we may be drawn into more wars we don’t need to fight, or continue to grant presidents unbound powers more suited for traditional armed conflicts between nation states.”

http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/05/21/3440156/schiff-aumf-ndaa/

It's been spun to appear PBO is dying to go to war. If I had proof the neo-cons helped to pull this latest crime spree off, I'd post it. Their fast track war making power ends December 31, 2014. You know they're getting hysterical.

And see here:

http://www.policymic.com/articles/44327/aumf-repeal-obama-once-again-stands-up-for-democracy

Going to be a gruesome media cycle through the elections and beyond year, just the same as they pulled to get the Tea Party in 2010.