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Uncommon bonds: Repealing old military authorizations

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the issueUS presidents in both parties have relied on old authorizations for the use of military force to justify new actions.It happened when Donald Trump, during his first term, used a 2002 congressional authorization to justify a drone strike against Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in 2020. And former President Barack Obama’s administration cited the same law in its campaign against the Islamic State in 2014.This practice has led some US law…

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Uncommon bonds: Repealing old military authorizations

the issueUS presidents in both parties have relied on old authorizations for the use of military force to justify new actions.It happened when Donald Trump, during his first term, used a 2002 congressional authorization to justify a drone strike against Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in 2020. And former President Barack Obama’s administration cited the same law in its campaign against the Islamic State in 2014.This practice has led some US law…

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Semafor broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
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