White House Supports Senator Rand Paul’s Bill To Officially End U.S. Iraq War Authority
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 13:32 EST
Senator Rand Paul will introduce legislation Tuesday to finally bring Washington’s Iraq war authorization to an end, his office said, and the White House backs the Republican’s efforts in principle.
US forces withdrew from Iraq more than two years ago and President Barack Obama declared the war over, yet a loophole in the law green-lighting the March 2003 invasion of Iraq allows for future US presidents to send troops back to the turbulent country.
The bill by Paul, a libertarian who has consistently sought to scale back foreign intervention by US forces, would repeal the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq.
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“The administration supports the repeal of the Iraq AUMF since it is no longer used for any US government activities,” National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in a statement, laying out the White House stance first reported by Yahoo News.
“We understand that some in Congress are considering legislation related to the Iraq AUMF, and we will certainly examine these proposals as they come forward.”
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