Trump renews extraordinary post-9/11 powers

Published September 10, 2018 5:24pm ET



President Trump is renewing a post-9/11 emergency proclamation that gives him broad powers to mobilize the military, hire and fire military officials, and work around limits on the number of generals that can serve.

For the second time during his presidency, Trump announced Monday his administration is renewing the post-9/11 emergency proclamation. Trump is the third president to renew the proclamation.

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