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Joe Barnes
Bonner Means Baker FellowSix months after the U.S. began airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Congress is debating President Obama's draft authorization for use of military force, or AUMF. While not legally necessary, the AUMF could serve as an occasion for a useful debate on U.S. Middle East policy on Capitol Hill, writes Joe Barnes.
Read "Obama's AUMF is largely meaningless, but a good idea anyway," published by The Hill on Feb. 25, 2015.