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What has one year meant?

One year of war against ISIL has stretched the 2001 authorization for use of military force

that was passed to defeat the perpetrators of September 11th,

far beyond its original meaning or intent.

In fact, I would argue that the Bush and Obama interpretations of the 2001 authorization

actually are 180 degrees different than what was intended.

There was an authorization that the Bush administration tried to get Congress to pass

right after 9-11.

It said, we give the President the ability to take action against nations or organizations

that want to harm the United States.

It was a blanket-all purpose authorization.

And even in the aftermath of 9-11, Congress was smart enough to say, hold on a second.

But the administration blossed that the Bush administration put on this,

that the Obama administration has continued to even expand.

It basically has transformed the 9-11 authorization today into exactly what the Congress rejected

two days after the 9-11 attacks.

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