Corker: Trump administration is not opposed to a new war authorization

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Wednesday that the Trump administration is not opposed to Congress pursuing a new war authorization, following a classified briefing with the defense secretary and secretary of state.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson briefed Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and his committee for hours behind closed doors. The committee is considering replacing the 9/11-era authorization for the use of force, or AUMF, that the Trump administration and the two previous administrations have used as a legal justification for waging wars against al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.