AUMF draft gathers dust as Special Forces prepare to deploy to Iraq
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's announcement that the U.S. will be sending "a specialized expeditionary targeting force" to Iraq as part of the administration's effort to fight ISIS has renewed debate about the administration's legal authority to take increasingly robust military action in the region without a clear congressional mandate. The announcement, made at a congressional hearing […]Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's announcement that the U.S. will be sending "a specialized expeditionary targeting force" to Iraq as part of the administration's effort to fight ISIS has renewed debate about the administration's legal authority to take increasingly robust military action in the region without a clear congressional mandate.
The announcement, made at a congressional hearing on Tuesday, follows a decision in October to send "less than 50" special operations troops into northern Syria to advise and assist rebel groups.
