Senator: Congress must vote on fighting Islamists

Published September 10, 2014 11:48am ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent member of the U.S. Senate is voicing uneasiness with the Obama administration’s push toward a more fierce confrontation with Islamic militants, while criticizing Congress for doing too little.

Maine’s Sen. Angus King, who organizes with the Democratic caucus, says he’s uncomfortable with the expansion of presidential authority “to take military action anywhere in the world.”

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