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expressed support for the president's authority under the existing Authorization for Use of Military Force to go after the militant group formerly known as ISIS -- so long as the U.S. doesn't repeat past mistakes.
Mr. Obama did something almost unheard of for a modern U.S. president: He called on Congress to limit his authority under the wide-ranging Authorization for Use of Military Force enacted in 2001.
"It is still my hope that the White House will send to us a draft Authorization for Use of Military Force," said the Virginia senator.
But Anwar al-Awlaki was a self-professed adherent of Al Qaeda, and the congressional Authorization for Use of Military Force authorized defensive action against him exactly as if he were an enemy soldier conducting hostilities against the United States.
Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry was asked about the usefulness of Congress passing an Authorization for Use of Military Force if it only has GOP votes.
The new military commissions rule book notes that indefinite detention after acquittal by military commission "may be authorized by statute, such as the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), as informed by the laws of war".
Administration lawyers have an answer for this: the original post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force gave the president authority to act against Al Qaeda and its supporters.
The Authorization for Use of Military Force, which was passed right after 9/11, authorized the executive branch to essentially wage war against the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks.
Congress endorsed this policy, passing a bill called the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
But he said the authorization for use of force would not foreshadow a full war.
