War on terror/ U.S.
New Defense Secretary
Ashton Carter on Wednesday said that he wouldn’t have included a three-year
sunset in President Obama's authorization for use of military force (AUMF)
against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
“That is not something I
would have deduced from the Department of Defense’s necessities, the campaign’s
necessities or our obligations to the troops,” Carter told the House
Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.
He said it “has to do
with the political calendar in our country,” which he called a “constitutional
issue” because the executive and legislative branches share responsibility for
the conduct of military operations.
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