Wittman Statement on AUMF

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Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1), Chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) proposed by President Obama:

"ISIS' campaign of violence has horrified the world, and this terrible organization must be rooted out and destroyed. Congress has a constitutional obligation to act on this, and I am glad that the president has now requested an AUMF. However, an intrinsic part of Congress' obligation involves pressing the administration for specific details of its plan and gaining a comprehensive understanding of the administration's strategy before we grant the president this authority. The president's proposed AUMF also includes a variety of restrictions and limitations, and I will press for an explanation of how these limitations factor into a broad strategy to degrade and defeat ISIS."

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