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Obama’s Plan to Fight ISIL is Too Restrictive - US House Majority Leader

© AP Photo / Charles DharapakUS House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy thinks Obama's draft authorization for use of military force against the Islamic State limits the ability of the US military to fight against the terrorists
US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy thinks Obama's draft authorization for use of military force against the Islamic State limits the ability of the US military to fight against the terrorists - Sputnik International
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US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy thinks Obama's draft authorization for use of military force against the Islamic State limits the ability of the US military to fight against the terrorists. The draft AUMF would not authorize an enduring US ground combat role, but would put local forces in Iraq and Syria.

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Obama to Deliver Statement on Islamic State War Authorization Request
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US President Barack Obama’s draft authorization for use of military force (AUMF) against the Islamic State limits the ability of the US military to fight against the terrorist group, US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday.

“I have been supportive of efforts to give the Commander-in-Chief additional authorities to confront these growing challenges, but rather than expanding his legal authority to go after ISIL [Islamic State], the President seems determined to ask Congress to further restrict the authority of the US military to confront this threat,” McCarthy, a Republican, said in a press release.

McCarthy said he would consider the president’s request for new legal authority to fight the Islamic State, but “will not support efforts that impose undue restrictions on the U.S. military and make it harder to win.”

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Obama's Mission to Destroy ISIL Not Outlined in Proposed AUMF - Boehner
Obama sent to Congress a draft AUMF on Wednesday that would give war powers to the president to conduct operations against the Islamic State. The draft AUMF would not authorize an enduring US ground combat role, but would put local forces in Iraq and Syria at the forefront of ground combat operations against the group.

While the draft AUMF does not endorse long-term US combat ground operation, Obama proposed “flexibility to conduct ground combat operations in other, more limited circumstances,” the president said in a letter. This would include special operations rescue operations for US or anti-Islamic State coalition personnel as well as operations to strike at the Islamic State’s leadership.

“It [AUMF] would also authorize the use of U.S. forces in situations where ground combat operations are not expected or intended, such as intelligence collection and sharing, missions to enable kinetic strikes, or the provision of operational planning and other forms of advice and assistance to partner forces,” the president said.

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AUMF Against ISIL Should Have ‘Reasonable Limitations’ - US Senator
Obama is seeking war powers from Congress for military operations against the Islamic State that began last summer in Iraq and Syria with airstrikes after the terrorist group seized large swaths of territory in Iraq. If passed by Congress, the AUMF would have a three year mandate.

The United States is spearheading a nearly 60-nation anti-Islamic State coalition targeting the militant group’s military positions, command and control centers, infrastructure and financial sources, according to the Pentagon. As part of the effort to “degrade and defeat” the Islamic State, the US and its coalition partners are supporting and training Kurdish and Iraqi security forces, and are planning to train moderate Syrian rebels over the next year to take the ground fight to the Islamic State in Syria.

 

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