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Any new congressional authorization of force should do more than ratify current policy

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Published May 2, 2018 4:00am ET
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Any new congressional authorization of force should do more than ratify current policy
My son was 5 years old on Sept. 18, 2001, when former President George W. Bush signed into law the Authorization for Use of Military Force and our troops went into combat in Afghanistan against al Qaeda. Today my son is 21; he serves in the Army and has been deployed to Afghanistan. Thousands of […]

My son was 5 years old on Sept. 18, 2001, when former President George W. Bush signed into law the Authorization for Use of Military Force and our troops went into combat in Afghanistan against al Qaeda.

Today my son is 21; he serves in the Army and has been deployed to Afghanistan. Thousands of miles away, my husband is deployed in Africa. Both my husband and son have been deployed under the same AUMF.

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