Kaine has waged a relentless campaign against the use of military force against the Islamic state but it is not because he doesn't support military force.
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" On military force against North Korea: When asked to clarify that Trump has no authorization from Congress to use military force against North Korea, Tillerson answered, "that's my understanding, yes.
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Yeah — if they're attacking us with military force, absolutely.
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MILITARY FORCE RULES: The White House on Monday released a lengthy report compiling the Obama administration's policies governing the use of military force and related counterterrorism issues, such as detention and interrogation policies.
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Sometimes they say diplomacy is best backed by military force.
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Yet conservatives did not give up on using military force.
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He said military force is not the only possible action.
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That's about half of the American military force there now.
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Can democracy be achieved through the use of military force?
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Take all the recent steps toward a unified military force.
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Trump then called for using military force against the cartels.
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"Our diplomacy does not give Iran the right to respond with military force, Iran needs to meet our diplomacy with diplomacy and not military force," he told a news conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
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The commander of the Russian military force in Syria, Col. Gen.
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"I don't anticipate the use of military force," Smith told reporters.
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But he has not signaled an intent to use military force.
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The Communists responded with military force, and there were terrible massacres.
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But he emphasized the US hopes not to use military force.
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The military force-feeds dozens of the prisoners through feeding tubes.
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There were conflicting accounts of which military force led the raid.
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You've got to remember, our military force is a voluntary force.
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The alternative to this last available diplomatic play is military force.
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A congressional authorization of military force would strengthen the president's hand.
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He also cited Congress's 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
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Military force, absent a legitimate government, put the insurgency on steroids.
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Efforts to create an effective pan-Arab military force have been disappointing.
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But he became increasingly doubtful about using military force to buttress it.
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CNN reported that one member of the Mexican military force was injured.
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When military force is used, it is reasonable to ask: what next?
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For the Kremlin, it will also justify the use of military force.
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The YPG is now a well-armed and battle tested military force.
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Israel doesn't like that and uses military force to curb Iran's influence.
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That neglect is undercutting our country's strategic effectiveness in using military force.
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Using military force without a broader strategy is a pretty empty gesture.
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It had already mounted a huge show of military force on Monday.
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"They are not occupying as a military force in Somalia," he said.
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But declaring war or authorizing military force isn't supposed to be easy.
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For our national defense, we rely upon an all-volunteer military force.
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It needs to pass an authorization for the use of military force.
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Sanctions will never work completely without the threat of credible military force.
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Nebenzia urged Pompeo to say whether the U.S. will use military force.
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When did the American police start looking like an occupying military force?
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It is also very busy repressing its own population using military force.
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Lieu contends that Congress has only authorized two uses of military force.
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Doing so would allow the administration to use military force in Iran.
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"We have a tremendously powerful military force in that area," he said.
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It also repeals the authorization of military force passed after the Sept.
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Punitive sanctions combined with a credible threat of military force should follow.
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Military force cannot be the only means of responding to these atrocities.
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The scope of an authorization for use of military force is tricky.
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It was Mr. Trump's most significant use of military force to date.
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Congress has never authorized the use of military force against the country.
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Obama, Constitution requires congressional authorization for use of military force in Syria.
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Bolton has previously advocated using military force against North Korea and Iran.
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The Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) passed by Congress on Sept.
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Which reminds me, Congress: Authorize the use of military force against ISIL.
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Israel, on the other hand, uses military force to curb Iran's influence.
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Nobody in North Korea believed that the past presidents would use military force.
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Congress had given Bush broad power to use military force, and he did.
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A source in another military force backed by the coalition confirmed the order.
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They aren't the only ones looking to put a military force together, though.
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He and François Hollande readily used military force, for example in bombing Libya.
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Mike Pence over the possible use of military force in Syria shocked many.
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And military force must always be a last resort not a first choice.
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And military force must always be a last resort, not a first choice.
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Sanctions and military force are vital but reactive, optimized for addressing immediate situations.
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Although Iceland is a member of NATO, it has no permanent military force.
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There is still time to resolve the crisis diplomatically before using military force.
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Mr. Kaine has pushed to constrain the presidential authority to use military force.
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Congress should start by revoking the 2001 and 2002 authorizations for military force.
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One that comes to mind, for example, is the use of military force.
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Both nuclear-armed nations responded with military force, while the world watched nervously.
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Yes, military force is sometimes necessary, but always — always — as the last resort.
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Currently, the troops are authorized to use military force only for self-defense.
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The use of military force does not constitute a strategy or a policy.
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There are, roughly speaking, two ways to use a large, modern military force.
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So he knows about war and he's cautioned the use of military force.
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More importantly, military force has no track record of success in arms control.
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The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved a bipartisan amendment that would repeal the 2001 authorization for the use of military force, which provided Congress's blessing to use military force only against nations, groups or individuals responsible for the Sept.
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Chapter 7 deals with sanctions and authorization of military force by the Security Council.
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But Li knew he had Deng on his side, in favour of military force.
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But Wright insisted the government has not "watered down" the threshold for military force.
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We should not have an open-ended, non-geographic-specific authorization for military force.
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Tutu, among others, also faulted the EU as an organization that uses military force.
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The decision to use military force against Syria marks a remarkable reversal for Trump.
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"Military force cannot be the only means of responding to these atrocities," he said.
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His response when asked if the U.S. would use military force against the North:
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It has the ability to impose sanctions or authorize the use of military force.
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"Deployment of substantial military force is not being considered," he told a news conference.
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Congress responded by authorizing President Andrew Jackson to collect the tariffs with military force.
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Japan, although it has a substantial military force, is saddled with a pacifist constitution.
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Since 22019, the United States has used military force on more than 220 occasions.
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We also retain the flexibility to effectively deter threats, preferably short of military force.
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Obama opted to seek congressional approval over the use of military force in Syria.
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And not even Russia hawks think Obama would — or should — retaliate with military force.
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Chapter 7 deals with sanctions and the authorization of military force by the Council.
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We have to work with local actors and organize them into a military force.
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Presidents often see a quick improvement in their favorability ratings after using military force.
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He should come to Congress and get the authorization for use of military force.
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Coffman introduced the new authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) with Reps.
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Our Constitution recognizes this by vesting Congress with the role of authorizing military force.
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The Marines are America's smallest conventional military force, with just 184,000 active-duty troops.
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Lindsey Graham about the possibility of using military force in the South American country.
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They have argued that the only solution is overwhelming and perhaps unchecked military force.
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The House this month passed an amendment to a separate military spending bill that would repeal the 2001 authorization for the use of military force that provided Congress's blessing to use military force only against nations, groups or individuals responsible for the Sept.
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He offered support for the invasion a month before Congress voted to authorize military force.
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Our end goal in this phase is the regional elimination of ISIS through military force.
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President Donald Trump has loosened the Obama administration's restraints on military force and civilian oversight.
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Where opportunities arise, the use of conventional military force is still part of the mix.
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McKenzie this week again pressed the case that more military force was needed, officials say.
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Yes, she has dragons and the best assembled military force in the known Thrones world.
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He's pushed for a retrenched Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) for years now.
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"There is no justification for the use of military force by Russia," the bloc said.
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It was one of the worst assaults ever against the country's most powerful military force.
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But changing the calculus on the ground in Syria will require more than military force.
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The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF, is only one long sentence.
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Tom Cole that would not repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force.
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"A previous constitution simply called Kim "supreme leader" who commands the country's "overall military force.
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The Vermont senator said he worries that Clinton is too eager to use military force.
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Graham has been a prominent supporter of using military force to deal with foreign threats.
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"Bush's excessive use of military force disillusioned the American political base for engagement," he said.
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He added that the SDF would not allow any other military force to enter Raqqa.
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China, that is, has the option of escalating to military force if Vietnam remains recalcitrant.
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A previous constitution simply called Kim "supreme leader" who commands the country's "overall military force".
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Trump could also conclude that his unilateral power extends beyond decisions to use military force.
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But the alternative is far worse — military force and a war of unintended, devastating consequences.
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Threats of military force tend to silence moderates and lead hard-liners to dig in.
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In the past Bolton had proposed using military force to overthrow the country's ruling dynasty.
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A previous constitution simply called Kim "supreme leader" who commanded the country's "overall military force".
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The guard is a semi-military force that controls many oil facilities in the east.
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Since that time, Congress has approved the use of military force on four different occasions.
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Sanders attacked Biden for his vote to authorize the use of military force in Iraq.
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Sanders just stated emphatically that he would "absolutely" use military force if China attacks Taiwan.
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The election result suggests the only way to do that might be through military force.
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A regional military force and the French military mission have failed to stem the violence.
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However, at least one expert said he doesn't believe military force can be ruled out.
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The U.S. must use conventional military force to dismantle — totally — North Korea's nuclear weapons capability.
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Inevitably, the United States will face threats that will require the use of military force.
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On the one hand, Mr. Xi threatened military force if Taiwanese leaders grasped for independence.
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The Communist government in Beijing seeks to assert sovereignty over Taiwan, potentially through military force.
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He said France was prepared to use military force if Syria used chemical weapons again.
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The topic: "Reviewing Congressional Authorizations for the Use of Military Force," also known as AUMF.
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First, it is foolhardy to threaten military force as a solution to growing U.S.-China tensions.
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Military force can't totally kill ISIS — it is at its most basic a set of ideas.
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He also opposed Jackson's attempts to use military force to keep South Carolina in the union.
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Bolton's philosophy is to extinguish all threats to the US by extending military force at will.
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Mr. Ryan would like to see his chamber explore authorizing military force against the Islamic State.
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The Revolutionary Guards, a military force that runs an industrial empire, largely control telecommunications in Iran.
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Finally, the United States reserves the right to use military force in response to certain cyberattacks.
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Trump is now the Commander-In-Chief of the most powerful military force in the world.
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I'm not an absolute pacifist, but there are few circumstances when military force is called for.
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If your opponent does not conform to your desires, you resolve the issue with military force.
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There are also increasing questions about whether the heavy reliance on military force constitutes a strategy.
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It is legally based in the 2001 authorization for use of military force against al Qaeda.
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"Holding nuclear weapons won't bring security, using military force won't be a way out," Wang said.
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The 2001 AUMF is tenuous legal authority for the use of military force in these situations.
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The Supreme Court, however, ultimately sided with Arizona and vindicated the state's use of military force.
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SEALs were walking on water as the best military force in the world a decade ago.
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A competent military force would not generally send a large team to approach a live limpet.
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Mr. Trump said that "all options are on the table," suggesting the possibility of military force.
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Whenever it is truly required, military force should be applied vigorously and without hesitation or equivocation.
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In his mind, he's the only thing preventing China from crushing the protesters with military force.
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Just 45% said using military force in Afghanistan was the "right decision" in September of 20203.
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Tim Kaine of Virginia, which would limit the President's ability to use military force in Iran.
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" It also states that "Congress has not authorized the President to use military force against Iran.
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" It also states that "Congress has not authorized the President to use military force against Iran.
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The 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF, measure, authored by California Democratic Rep.
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And he is familiar with the challenges involved in training and equipping a foreign military force.
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They include closer ties with China as well as using military force, subversion and cyber-warfare.
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" However, he added, "military force against Assad can only continue in the long term with Congressional approval.
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On the same program, Trump national security adviser H.R. McMaster indicated military force is a last resort.
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They say pervasive surveillance and displays of military force are being used to intimidate and quell dissent.
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That decision effectively created a new military force within Russia that would report directly to the government.
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The Dothraki also would not have thrived as a roaming military force if dragons were still around.
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But the South Sudanese government, which has the stronger military force, shows little interest in meaningful compromise.
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He also criticized the president for favorable comments about authoritarian leaders and tweeted threats of military force.
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"Russia has been willing to use military force against neighbors," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday.
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But the rebels remain a potent military force even as they have lost control of urban areas.
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They have in the past used military force against political rivals in the absence of strong government.
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"The employment of military force absent a clear policy construct can be a dangerous thing," Allen said.
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They wouldn&apost be talking to Trump unless they believed he was serious about using military force.
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"I suspect he sees an opportunity to do what military force alone could never do," Lute said.
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Fourth, the Afghan National Army is a more professional military force than it was several years ago.
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ASTANA (Reuters) - With its show of military force, Russia changed the tide of the Syrian civil war.
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It fears the US and its allies becoming the dominant military force right on China's northern border.
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The Venezuelan opposition also criticized the threat of military force, but failed to mention Trump by name.
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It's hard to imagine Fatah accepting a massive, and massively armed, Hamas military force in its midst.
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Ms. Cunliffe argued that the use of military force, by itself, was neither strategically nor ethically sound.
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Since World War II, despite having the dominant military force in the world, we have fixed little.
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Since the US invasion of Grenada in 1983, the country no longer has its own military force.
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The unpopular Vietnam War was ending, but a new professional military force in America was just beginning.
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Without the US in the ring, Russia is the main military force in the post-war Syria.
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Perhaps, some fear, he will unleash military force to demonstrate that he is the commander in chief.
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Most obviously, Millennials and Generation Z are far less supportive of using military force than their elders.
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But the U.S. counter-action so far has been zero, at least in terms of military force.
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One of several culprits behind congressional passivity regarding the use of military force is the American people.
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"Many of the threats to our security cannot be solved by military force alone," Mr. Obama said.
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On Saturday, it said it aimed to reach an "equilibrium" of military force with the United States.
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A small military force armed with machine guns could handily defeat African militias with spears and rifles.
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Obama is acting without a valid congressional authorization for use of military force (AUMF) in multiple countries.
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Fifteen years ago today, Congress nearly unanimously passed the 2001 authorization for use of military force (AUMF).
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She is a hawk willing to use military force when necessary but an advocate of soft power.
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Mr. Trump has also threatened to use military force if diplomacy fails to end the nuclear crisis.
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Liberian government officials wanted to have a military force, but feared having one that was too effective.
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Love or hate him, Trump has used military force less than any other president since Jimmy Carter.
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It started with Sanders attacking Biden's 2002 vote to authorize the use of military force in Iraq.
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Michael Fallon, the British defense secretary, said the country would consider retaliating against cyberattacks with military force.
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Any use of military force after 60 days, without a congressional vote of approval, would be illegal.
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We were the leader of the free world, a moral as well as financial and military force.
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Russia used cyberwarfare, disinformation and military force to inhibit ties to the West by Georgia and Ukraine.
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The Pentagon warned last month that China might feel confident enough to use military force against Taiwan.
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It is one thing for the president not to use an important, perhaps decisive, component of military force.
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While necessary, military force and security measures are far from sufficient to defeat attacks from radicalized Islamic groups.
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When the former Soviet Republic of Georgia got out of line, he didn't hesitate to use military force.
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President Trump, if he has to will use military force to end this threat to the American homeland.
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With undead Viserion in his grasp, the Night King is arguably the most powerful military force in Westeros.
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In my first 100 days, I want the Congress to give me a new authorization for military force.
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Hook told a news conference call that the United States would respond with military force if that happens.
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However, the president also said he has not ruled out using military force against Iran in the future.
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Yes. In 2015, President Barack Obama asked Congress to formally authorize the use of military force against ISIS.
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They started enforcing laws with military force, like when Americans had an illegal town meeting in Salem, Massachusetts.
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While "all options are on the table" in Venezuela, Trump seems in no hurry to use military force.
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We've got to look at the very unattractive choice of using military force to deny them that capability.
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Venezuela's opposition called for the international community to consider the use of military force against President Nicolas Maduro.
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A: There are a number of examples of modern uses of US military force without express statutory authorization.
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She's given every indication of being more likely, as president, to use large-scale military force than Obama.
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Will the abundance of generals in the Cabinet lead to a preference for using military force over diplomacy?
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President Trump wasn&apost kidding when he said he would use military force, it is the last option.
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He added that Congress "has a responsibility to weigh in" on using military force against the Syrian government.
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The United States is not a member and the Trump administration has declined to rule out military force.
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Congress has already enacted two Authorizations to Use Military Force, in 2202 for Afghanistan, and 2628 for Iraq.
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There must be a cop on the beat; and military force must be used if deterrence isn't effective.
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McLaughlin fancifully suggested that rather than just banning Syrian refugees, they should be turned into a military force.
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"There is no military force in the world that has proven more sensitive to civilian casualties," he said.
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He was careful not to rule out the use of military force while speaking to reporters on Friday.
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America should maintain its longstanding, bipartisan commitment to collaboration on diplomacy and development before turning to military force.
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Mohammad Ali Jafari, who commands the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's most powerful military force, responded on Thursday.
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The unfortunate answer is that since 2202/2628 Washington has become addicted to the use of military force.
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But what if Beijing acts on its thinly veiled threats to stifle Hong Kong's protests with military force?
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"There is no military force in the world that has proven more sensitive to civilian casualties," Mattis said.
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Lee again called on Congress to debate an authorization for the military force in the fight against ISIS.
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In other words, congressional authorization for the use of military force is necessary, but it is also insufficient.
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Congress, they argue, should have a chance to review where and how the President is using military force.
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America's operations in the other domains depend on our ability to dominate cyberspace when military force is required.
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This is peaceful resistance bolstered by a military force and by security agencies and enjoying tremendous public support.
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The Obama administration thinks that the Authorization for Use of Military Force against the perpetrators of the Sept.
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In May, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough asked specifically whether Trump would consider using military force against the Assad regime.
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The Trump administration has escalated economic pressure, backed by threats of military force, to deal with North Korea.
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In the 2000s, when Mr. Uribe was president, tough on security meant applying relentless military force against guerrillas.
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Without a military force, the secretary general's coercive power is limited, but the position enjoys a bully pulpit.
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But left unclear are the circumstances under which the United States might be willing to use military force.
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Mr. Abe's plan comes as Japan steps up its show of military force amid concerns over North Korea.
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He accused Washington of having adopted "a categorical policy to unleash military force against Syria" and contain Russia.
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After decades of American military force in the Middle East, the crisis there has gotten worse, not better.
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Buttigieg has argued for scrapping the authorization for use of military force passed by Congress following the Sept.
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A superior civilization demanded deference and tribute from vassal neighbors and did not hesitate to use military force.
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He also claimed that sending a tweet about military force could serve as a formal notification of Congress.
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Barbara Lee of California, which would repeal the 2002 authorization for the use of military force in Iraq.
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I'm well aware that you only reach diplomatic solutions with the possibility of military force as a threat.
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Reagan used military force to take down Libyan forces in the Gulf of Sidra and to liberate Grenada.
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He used the threat of military force as well as to deter the Soviets and our other enemies.
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"He's clear his assignment from a military force standpoint has been to defeat ISIS," Thornberry said of Votel.
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There are an estimated 15,000 transgender individuals in uniform today — representing roughly 1 percent of the military force.
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President Trump and at least some in senior ranks seem to think rollback by military force is realistic.
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Earlier this month, Trump said the United States reserved the right to use military force against North Korea.
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Qasem Soleimani in Iraq under Congress' authorization in 2002 for the use of military force against Iraq. Rep.
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But when it comes to using military force, procedurally speaking, the two are at odds with each other.
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The Trump administration might also claim that the 2001 authorization for use of military force (AUMF), which was passed by Congress after 9/11 and allowed the president to use military force against virtually anyone associated with 9/11, gives the president the power to do what he did in Syria.
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In some cases, the government contractors that they worked for disbanded as the American military force in Afghanistan contracted.
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BUSH: Well, first, I was critical of the Senators not giving the authorization for the use of military force.
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He conceded that there was an idiom, "to bear arms", which meant to belong to an organised military force.
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Trump has repeatedly castigated Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, for voting in 2002 to authorize military force in Iraq.
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Kelly said there would be "no use of military force in immigration operations," and "no, repeat, no" mass deportations.
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Therefore, it would be prudent for Congress to contemplate an additional authorization for the use of military force (AUMF).
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"We will take all necessary measures, precautions, to compensate for these attempts to use military force," he told reporters.
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This is despite the existence of a multinational military force of 8,700 soldiers set up to fight the insurgents.
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In so doing, ISIS is demonstrating its weakness and regressing from a military force back to a terrorist one.
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But there are many powerful nonlegal forces affecting the decisions of states to use or not use military force.
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However, I do believe that North Korea now believes President Trump will use military force if he has to.
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Hezbollah, a Shia political and military force, was born from the sectarian civil war and ensuing 1982 Israeli invasion.
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The naval exercise will be a potent reminder to Pyongyang of the U.S. ability to rapidly mobilize military force.
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We may despise foreign dictators, but using military force to overthrow threatening regimes creates more problems than it solves.
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The hawkish Bolton repeatedly pushed Trump toward using military force and sanctions to accomplish the administration's foreign policy goals.
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Rick Scott (R) said Sunday that the U.S. needs to "consider" using military force to get aid into Venezuela.
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Congress has not passed an AUMF since the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
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While his speech sounded more conciliatory than previously, Xi did not rule out using military force to take Taiwan.
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The Syrian government has shown that it doesn't respond to moral appeals but to credible threats of military force.
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Obama — and his partners in the United Kingdom — had already telegraphed that he would not resort to military force.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan has been sounding out colleagues for a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF).
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Without a political solution in place, military force should never be used as both a means and an end.
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Across North Africa, language, rather than religion or military force, created the most powerful bond of the new empire.
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The IRGC, created by late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, is more than a military force.
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The US government has said Assad was "deluded" if he thought he could solve the conflict with military force.
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"Continuing to attack the mafia's military force and economic power is indispensable for guaranteeing freedom and democracy," he wrote.
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Now the coronavirus pandemic is posing a new challenge that neither military force nor government regulation can really remedy.
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Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, has a different perspective about the value of a show of military force.
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During the escalating confrontation over the sanctions, he has frequently expressed a willingness to use military force against Iran.
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But then they gave us the mission to bring peace and normalcy to Afghanistan, which military force can't do.
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American citizens are owed — and must demand — transparent, reasoned, and circumspect debate of military force applied on their behalf.
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On Saturday, American bombers flew in international airspace east of North Korea in a symbolic show of military force.
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Lee said lawmakers must address the use of military force "conflict by conflict," instead of a broad new bill.
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A separate Authorization for the Use of Military Force was passed in 2002 to authorize the second Iraq War.
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Although General McMaster may place undue faith in robust military force and counterinsurgency, like General Mattis he values stability.
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China also has threatened to use military force to retake Taiwan if U.S. naval ships dock at Taiwanese ports.
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Our soldiers turned a corner in Iraq not by applying more military force but by becoming more like policemen.
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Completely dependent on having someone at the top to give orders, the mighty military force cannot survive after decapitation.
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"Congress has never declared war or authorized the use of military force in Syria," Lee said in a statement.
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Mr. McCain currently leads the Senate Armed Services Committee and is a top proponent of using military force overseas.
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The next step may be to repeal the Authorization for the Use of Military Force passed after the Sept.
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Probably, he came because if he worries that if he doesn&apost cooperate there&aposs a Plan B, military force.
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Elizabeth Warren: "But the Constitution gives the power to authorize the use of military force to the legislative branch." pic.twitter.
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We've come to accept the general unilateral authority of the president to use military force, and that is definitely problematic.
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Even those in Venezuela who want Maduro out don't want the US to use military force to make that happen.
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In the Senate, Paul was blocked in an effort to advance the libertarian cause on the use of military force.
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The White House is already required to update Congress every six months on where the U.S. is using military force.
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He even confused the Kurds, the Sunni Muslims in Iraq fighting ISIS, with the Quds Force, Iran's elite military force.
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Meanwhile, on foreign policy the required G.O.P. position has become one of utter confidence in the effectiveness of military force.
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Their control is underpinned by a large military force, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) which the Kurdish YPG militia spearheads.
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He flew out of the capital Banjul late on Saturday as a regional military force was poised to remove him.
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Lindsey Graham told Axios in January that Trump mused to him about the possibility of using military force in Venezuela.
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As for Mr Bolton, he has asserted that only military force can slow Iran's sprint towards a lethal nuclear arsenal.
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Mr Trump certainly is interested in projecting resolve, including the sort that is backed by the threat of military force.
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A: Obama used military force in Syria on various occasions, but against terrorist groups including ISIS, not the Assad regime.
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Democratic Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Murphy have warned that President Trump will need Congressional authorization to use military force.
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" Pavel, of the Atlantic Council, said he hoped "it's not an undisciplined use of military force, playing whack-a-mole.
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In these cases, Moscow would prefer to refrain from using military force, or to use it as little as possible.
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But the Kurds are the dominant military force in this region, despite having little more than rifles and pickup trucks.
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Jeb Bush slammed Cruz and Marco Rubio for refusing to vote to authorize the use of military force in Iraq.
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Well, members haven't mustered the courage to vote on an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) since 2002.
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Thus far, Trump has shown when convinced of the necessity, he will use military force to protect U.S. national interests.
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When it comes to war and the potential use of military force, it's a time bomb waiting to go off.
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Lee is famous nationally for being the only member of Congress to vote against 2001's Authorization of Military Force.
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China delivers its most explicit threat to use military force in Hong Kong if protests get bigger and more violent
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One was reconsidering the 2001/2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force, begun a generation ago in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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" Asked if that included the possible use of military force, Pompeo said the administration isn't ruling out "a single thing.
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President Barack Obama approved the strike on Mansour based on a law authorizing military force in Afghanistan following the Sept.
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However, the politics of overseeing the use of military force are just as important as the procedure for doing so.
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Baby Girl and another about the Authorization for Use of Military Force in "60 Words," which won a Peabody Award.
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"International relations cannot be held captive to military force, mutual intimidation, and the parading of stockpiles of arms," Francis said.
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Devastating military force can be deployed without (in the Obama administration's view) rising to the level of war or hostilities.
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This 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) contains no time limits, no geographic constraints, and no exit strategy.
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He argued that an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) approved by Congress in the days after the Sept.
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When fighters of the pesh merga, the Kurdish region's military force, have been captured, they are often tortured and beheaded.
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He argued that the only way to change Kim's mind was with the threat — and possible use — of military force.
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Younger Arab women have eagerly joined gender equality initiatives and even volunteered for the Y.P.J., the Kurdish women's military force.
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But Europeans have even more significantly cut their defense spending, and become more tentative about the use of military force.
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His latest push coincides with tense negotiations with South Korea over how to share the cost of the military force.
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The former president in return has criticized her administration over alleged excessive use of military force and hurting indigenous rights.
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The US reserves the right to use military force after a cyberattack, or launch a massive cyberstrike of its own.
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Unless this trend reverses, the US -- though it controls the world's mightiest military force -- will become a power in decline.
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The Islamic State as a military force, much less as a caliphate, is on the ropes in Iraq and Syria.
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Qassem Soleimani last week, Democrats have called for Congress to assert its authority to greenlight the use of military force.
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Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who leads the airspace unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps — a powerful, hard-line military force.
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Military force, like the attack on General Suleimani, is an especially high-risk means of delivering a message of deterrence.
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So far, the administration has refused to use military force when Iran has targeted U.S. interests but avoided American casualties.
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But Iranians say Mr. Trump has already demonstrated his aversion to using military force to follow through on his threats.
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But Iranians say Mr. Trump has already demonstrated his aversion to using military force to follow through on his threats.
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Any military response to the tanker attacks would "require an international consensus before military force is used," Air Force Gen.
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It was recognized under a 2016 Iraqi law as an independent military force that answers directly to the prime minister.
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The House could have reasserted itself by repealing or rewriting the 2001 and 2002 authorizations for use of military force.
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" John Kelly, the secretary of homeland security, quickly corrected: "No — repeat — no use of military force in immigration operations. None.
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He might order troops to patrol the nation's streets and neighborhoods, arrest citizens, and use military force to maintain order.
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General Suleimani was key to the growth of Hezbollah into a major political party and the country's strongest military force.
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We have a novice of a president-elect who has made countless irresponsible pronouncements on the use of military force.
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Most were absorbed by the political process or defeated by police work; only 7 percent were crushed by military force.
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Whether or not he thought President Trump would use preemptive military force against him, things were not going his way.
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Congress passed an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) so that President Bush could bring the perpetrators to justice.
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In all cases, we are operating these deployments under an Authorization of Use of Military Force from 85033 years ago.
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We are a military force deployed all over the globe and the sun never sets on a U.S. Coast Guard.
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So it's perhaps understandable that a US president would use military force to push back against all these security challenges.
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"Every scenario involving military force runs the risk of triggering a brutal war or even a nuclear exchange," she told Refinery29.
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Biden, however, said in the interview that suggestions the U.S. take out Assad through military force haven't been properly thought through.
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Mr. Sanders did indeed vote against the Iraq war, and he appears more reluctant than other candidates to use military force.
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When reporters asked Trump's deputy campaign manager David Bossie if Trump supported military force against Assad, he said he didn't know.
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It is true that ISIS was allowed to take over large swathes of territory without a significant military force opposing them.
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The Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) law passed in 2001 cannot be used to authorize action in Iran, she added.
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"The president believes that the current Authorization for Use of Military Force is sufficient for our needs right now," he said.
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In theory, the United States can respond to state-sponsored hacks with economic sanctions, a cyber counterattack, or even military force.
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Of course, military force is required against states and movements that regularly defy international law and any decent code of morality.
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Germany and France are brothers-in-arms in so many ways but are not both as willing to use military force.
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So let's stipulate that Obama claimed he was willing to use military force, if necessary, to stop Iran from acquiring nukes.
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Finally, Americans have been and remain willing to rely on military force to secure energy resources from the Persian Gulf region.
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One is that a frustrated American administration turns to military force, something that Donald Trump this month said remains "an option".
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If he had to, as a last resort, he would use military force to stop their missile programs, their nuclear program.
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The defense ministry said in its statement on Wednesday that the military force had used force in accordance with the law.
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Surrounded by the Dora Milaje, an all-female military force, he must protect his home from threats both new and old.
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Booker hammered Tillerson for suggesting there should have been a show of military force and gave insight into his own worldview.
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"I am ready to fight day and night against ISIS," said Jamal Kabalan, a fighter with a pro-government military force.
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It functions like any government: it issues passports, collects taxes, organizes a military force and provides basic services to its citizens.
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Russia, by removing some significant chunk of its military force in Syria, makes Assad weaker, and thus makes negotiation more attractive.
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NATO, the transatlantic alliance, is suffering from "brain-death", he says; Europe needs to develop a military force of its own.
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Her party, the Democratic Progressives, has traditionally advocated Taiwanese independence, a move the mainland has threatened to counter with military force.
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Hezbollah is the area's primary military force and has played a vital role in pushing Syrian rebels away from the border.
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Even the most ardent critics of Russia's attacks on the American democratic system aren't seriously proposing military force as a response.
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"Going since 2001 without a new authorization for use of military force is really an abdication of our authority," Flake said.
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The Wisconsin Republican advocated for the US to get China "fully engaged" and eventually achieve "regime change," but without military force.
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Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), the lone dissenting vote against 2001 legislation authorizing military force in Afghanistan, told The Hill on Tuesday.
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These actions are the following: The government's research and investment on counter-UAS technologies has focused on military force-protection scenarios.
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It is time to end the continued use of this non-strategy and over-reliance on the threat of military force.
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Of course, the least palatable and therefore option of last resort would be to employ military force to subdue the population.
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Politicians in both parties have created a presidency with immense authority to use military force without any substantive checks on power.
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Human rights groups have reported a number of other chemical attacks, but until Saturday Trump hadn't responded with military force again.
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The bigger question—for Trump as well as for Mattis—is what purpose the military force is ultimately meant to serve.
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Bolton has an uncompromising attitude towards North Korea, and believes the only language Kim understands is the threat of military force.
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"Beijing is trying to deter escalating protests by signaling that it's determined to intervene with military force if necessary," Ni said.
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The LNA has previously said it would investigate war crimes allegations in eastern Libya, where it is the main military force.
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And no police or military force worth its salt is only concerned about who has carried out attacks in the past.
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Guaidó, frustrated, made his first major misstep: he posted a tweet in which he appeared to advocate military force against Maduro.
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The president's plans for a new military force could spur an extraterrestrial arms race and make combat in orbit more likely.
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Pakistan's human rights commission and international rights bodies have expressed alarm over the use of military force and have demanded investigations.
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It cited laws enacted by Congress in 2001 and 2002 to authorize using military force against the perpetrators of the Sept.
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In the ensuing eight-year war, it mushroomed into a parallel military force, with its own ground, naval and air forces.
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The United States must re-emphasize the power of nonmilitary tools in its arsenal and decouple military force from foreign policy.
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Singapore instituted national service requirements in 1967, shortly after its independence from Malaysia, to build up the small nation's military force.
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Witness the fact that the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force remains in effect nearly 19 years later.
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First, the rationale for the Hamdi ruling was based on Congress's authorization of military force against the perpetrators of the Sept.
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Bolton, a longtime advocate of the US use of military force abroad, has long been a darling of the conservative right.
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She conceded that disproportionate military force may have been used and civilians killed but said the acts did not constitute genocide.
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He cited the Trump administration's claim that it acted pre-emptively and the conservative belief in the efficacy of military force.
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If so, at what point do they need to come to us seeking an authorization for the use of military force?
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The measure calls for Trump to stop military force against Iran within 30 days if he does not have congressional approval.
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One of the measures would block funding for any use of offensive military force in or against Iran without congressional approval.
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And Mr. Trump, given his rhetoric, appears willing to indulge the use of military force with little regard to strategic consequences.
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Meaning, military force should be wielded decisively and overwhelmingly to achieve a stated objective and then stop once it is achieved.
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And year after year, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Obama failed to step up to their nonproliferation responsibilities and use military force.
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Buttigieg has argued for scrapping the authorization for use of military force passed by Congress in the wake of the Sept.
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In September, 1936, the government declared that it was dissolving all independent militias and merging them into a single military force.
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Nevertheless, in 2015, the Obama administration asked Congress to enact an authorization for use of military force against the Islamic State.
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It has used military force for decades in the country's southeast, and has also carried out strikes over the Syrian border.
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The Trump administration should release a counterterrorism strategy, and Congress should pass an updated authorization for the use of military force.
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The U.S. military is the most powerful, effective, and unstoppable military force in the world, and this is for many reasons.
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" Speaking at a White House news conference, Trump initially struck a diplomatic tone, saying military force was not his "preferred option.
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Critically, this is more than just a series of misjudgments or even a reflexive overestimation of the utility of military force.
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On this day in 1991, the House passed a resolution authorizing President George H.W. Bush to use military force against Iraq.
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South Carolina tried to nullify a federal tariff within its borders and was only dissuaded by the threat of military force.
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Washington said the move aimed to dry up revenues to the elite Iranian military force but analysts called it largely symbolic.
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He also had advocated restraint in dealing with North Korea, rejecting the use of military force to solve the recent crisis.
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U.S. officials can continue to credibly threaten the possibility of military force against North Korea's nuclear missile program, but the result of the Xi-Kim meeting almost certainly signals that U.S. military force would have to be in response to a clear and obvious act of aggression against the United States or Japan or South Korea.
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"If you lose control of your forces, you're no longer a military force, you're just a mob," said Hertling, a CNN analyst.
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This is a secretive $10 billion project with the ambition of building "a more lethal" military force overseen by the Trump Administration.
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All eyes are now on the White House to see whether the president employs military force to respond to these security concerns.
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For one thing, Guaidó is not staging a literal coup — in the traditional definition of using military force to overthrow the government.
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True, the United Nations Charter does ban military force except in self defense, and using nukes could possibly constitute a war crime.
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The House passed a second Iran-related measure, one that would repeal the 2002 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF).
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And you're part of a Congress that won't even have a vote on the authorization for use of military force against ISIS.
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After the missile test, Kim Jong Un said North Korea is nearing "equilibrium" with the U.S. in terms of its military force.
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Naturally, there's also a powerful and almost certainly evil military force after the device, which plans to use it for nefarious purposes.
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However, with Germans historically wary of using military force since World War Two, Schulz's message may resonate among the SPD's core voters.
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The bulk of the nearly three-hour hearing centered on arcane but crucial laws known as authorization for use of military force.
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He told the group that he "lost the argument" for using military force against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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In September EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said that Europe needed a military headquarters to work towards a common military force.
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But according to his son, Eric Trump, another key White House voice may have also influenced his decision to use military force.
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Earlier, a deputy Russian UN ambassador had warned of "negative consequences" Thursday if the US decided to use military force in Syria.
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But, as we've learned, any time you use military force, particularly in the Middle East, it rarely turns out as you intended.
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Whatever it is, the signals our country is sending through its use of military force have rapidly deteriorated in clarity and value.
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This brings up a host of diplomatic and military issues, and most countries resolve such disputes through international bodies, not military force.
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But international law offers no accepted legal basis to use military force to prevent or terminate a genocide without Security Council authorization.
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Jeb Bush said the Senate did not give President Barack Obama the authorization he asked for to use military force against ISIS.
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The Senate foreign relations committee held a 90-minute hearing Tuesday to consider issues around authorizations for the use of military force.
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Putin needs to be told in no uncertain terms that it's future aggressions in Europe will be pushed back by military force.
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Lee was the lone lawmaker to vote against the authorization for the use of military force in the days after the Sept.
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Enactment of the authorization to use military force to go after those who attacked us, then harboring in Afghanistan, was virtually unanimous.
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Obama should say that both countries should explore how Japan can pay for and build its own military force to defend itself.
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"No one believes that the current military force structure is adequate to meet the threats we face," he said in written statement.
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The early American republic maintained only a token military force in peacetime, and instead relied heavily on state militias for national defense.
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At the same time, we must be careful not to fall into the common trap of believing that military force is sufficient.
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If the president wants to use military force against Iran, he needs to come to Congress and make a case for it.
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As a result, they do not share their elders' confidence in America's ability to use military force to pursue national interests effectively.
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The decision to use military force by the Kremlin was calibrated to prevent the further spread of European institutions to Russia's border.
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Would you introduce the threat of U.S. military force beyond a no-fly zone against the Assad regime to back up diplomacy?
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We were the good guys, fighting an invading military force that was trying to steal a small country's most precious natural resource.
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Events may require the use of military force, but it's also a philosophical struggle, like our long struggle in the Cold War.
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There are many in the North Korean hierarchy who have built their careers on the foundations of a strong, unassailable military force.
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Sanders has drawn contrasts between his voting record and Biden's on things like the authorization of military force in Iraq and NAFTA.
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" Wang Yi, China's Foreign Minister urged restraint on Thursday, telling a group of reporters in China, "Military force cannot resolve the issue.
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The Russian Parliament had given President Vladimir V. Putin authority to use military force to respond to the political turmoil in Ukraine.
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Two notable exceptions are the Authorizations for the Use of Military Force that were passed in 2001 and 2002 after the Sept.
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The United States has not set any deadlines, nor has it moved beyond the president's warning that military force is an option.
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After weeks of negotiating on the ground, Bashir met with commanders of the SDF military force that had ended the ISIS caliphate.
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In 2016, the Iraqi parliament passed a law institutionalizing the PMF as a state military force reporting directly to the prime minister.
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RAND Corporation and independent researchers have found that most terrorist groups are pacified via political processes and policing, not through military force.
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Iran was fundamental in the creation of Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that now has Lebanon's strongest military force.
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With the most powerful conventional and cyber military force in the world, the United States has no need to respond with nukes.
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Tillerson earlier Friday had said U.S. military force is an option for dealing with North Korea's pursuit of missile and nuclear weapons.
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A Republican administration makes vague claims of an "imminent threat" from a Middle Eastern country to justify the use of military force.
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President Bush got an Authorization for the Use of Military Force from Congress after 2628/28503 — but not a declaration of war.
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Meanwhile, Trump is citing Congress's 19-year-old authorization for the use of military force after 9/11 to justify killing Soleimani.
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Over the years, Paul has tried several times to sunset both the 2001 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force.
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"Whether you support those actions or not, Congress did authorize, in 2001, the use of military force against al-Qaeda," tweeted Rep.
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And it said an Authorization for the Use of Military Force that Congress passed in 2002, for the Iraq War, also applied.
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After Congress, in a bipartisan act, authorized the use of military force in October 2002, the Iraq War began in March 2003.
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The appointment of Bolton, who has previously advocated using military force against North Korea and Iran, last week provoked strong reactions worldwide.
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The only exception, it adds, would be if the president ordered the use of military force consistent with the War Powers Act.
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The administration officials said the strike was justified under Article II and the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF.
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He has a Candide-like naïveté, which is not altogether charming in an individual who's in charge of a sprawling military force.
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Trump on Sunday also blasted his predecessor, former President Obama, for not responding to previous chemical attacks by Syria with military force.
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American soldiers are fighting in undeclared wars authorized by the vague, post-28503/22019 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF).
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The PMU, an independent military force of about 110,000 fighters, has been at the forefront of the fight against ISIS in Iraq.
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Lawful military force must always be a last resort and must have a high likelihood of success under the principle of necessity.
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A quick look at color-coded Syria maps gives the obvious impression that ISIS as a conventional military force indeed has receded.
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"For too long, and under both parties, Congress has abdicated its responsibility to provide authorization for the use of military force," Sen.
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Flake and Kaine argue, the time has come for Congress to craft a new authorization of military force where terrorism is concerned?
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That deal will give Russia — NATO&aposs main enemy — a new microscope into the capability of Europe&aposs most important military force.
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If Mr. Trump doesn't end the war by the end of the year, Congress can repeal the 2001 authorization of military force.
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Perhaps it will provide some impetus to hold Congress accountable for their failure to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
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It's worth noting that no candidate in the race so far has talked very specifically about when they would use military force.
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The heavy losses among Iran's premier military force prompted a senior Revolutionary Guards commander to issue a warning to the country's foes.
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Would you introduce the threat of U.S. Military force beyond a no-fly zone against the Assad regime to back up diplomacy?
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" He added that Bush's use of military force to remove former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from power "was not only just, but necessary.
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And they make sure those warnings are backed up by overwhelming military force, such that no country would dare cross another's red lines.
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The Trump administration has not just loosened Obama administration fetters on military force; it has refashioned civil-military relations and undermined civilian oversight.
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On the contrary, those who know firsthand the terrible costs and consequences of war can be particularly cautious about resorting to military force.
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The Trump administration will also face a tricky situation in Raqqa that can't be resolved with military force, Henman and Serwer pointed out.
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And if the negotiations fail, Kim and Trump might, in a worst-case scenario, decide that military force is the only option left.
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"Their use of military force in Syria would inevitably lead to an escalation of tensions across the entire Middle East region," he said.
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The United States invaded Iraq in 2003, and the congressional debate over authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was in 2002.
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When the US threatens to use military force against an adversary, that's a commitment about what the country will do in the future.
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International organizations and militaries have long debated how or when countries should use military force to respond to cyberattacks that could harm citizens.
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McMaster says the U.S. needs to "prepare for at least the option of the use of military force" to convince Kim to denuclearize.
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A measure that would force Trump to seek congressional approval for using military force against Iran is also being pushed in the Senate.
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Such activity is expected to become the norm with the arrival of 6,000 members of the National Guard, a newly formed military force.
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Across Southern Mexico, people await the arrival of the newly formed military force, which comprises members of the army, marines and federal police.
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He needs your help, but if he has to use military force, it is coming to your backyard, not to America&aposs backyard.
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He told the group that he had "lost the argument" for using military force against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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In parallel, the size of the military force in the North and East could be reduced, helping to build trust and reduce tensions.
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With deft use of diplomacy and the mostly cautious use of military force, he has boosted security without being sucked into disastrous wars.
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"The RSF, the special military force which killed, raped and tortured thousands in Darfur, brings its murderous rampage to the capital," it said.
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He is currently a Ph.D. student at Duke University whose research focuses on the domestic politics that underpin decisions to use military force.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly — he is, after all, now a politician — Trump was actually relatively vague on circumstances under which he would use military force.
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Kim's regime is fiercely paranoid about the outside world, long believing only military force – including nuclear – will truly safeguard it from external dangers.
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There have been two current approaches to dealing with these forms of threats: call the bluff or threaten the use of military force.
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More can be said and done to prevent any Chinese miscalculation regarding Washington's intention to stand by Taiwan — with military force if necessary.
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Until very recently, the Trump trademark in foreign policy was that diplomacy was for wimps and military force was the preferred macho threat.
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In an old-fashioned military coup, military leaders deploy military force against a government target, usually the president, and proceed to repress demonstrators.
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Mattis and Tillerson were testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the issue of authorization for the use of military force (AUMF).
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The Senate in 2002 voted 85033-23 to approve using military force in Iraq, with 29 Democrats voting in support of the war.
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But now those constants have been joined by new factors: President Vladimir V. Putin's political unpredictability and his readiness to use military force.
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The council called on the federal government to remove the wire and not use military force or military-type tactics in their city.
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His role in any national military force as a possible defense minister or army chief has become one of the most divisive problems.
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Archbishop Obando y Bravo became the face of Nicaragua's civilian political opposition as the United States supported a military force against the Sandinistas.
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A small fraction of America's active-duty troops, roughly 2,000 to 11,000 out of a military force of 1.3 million, identify as transgender.
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In theory, Congress could solve that problem by specifically authorizing the use of military force against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS.
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During the war years, America's leaders insisted that military force was necessary to defend a sovereign nation — South Vietnam — from external Communist aggression.
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Each one is betting that Mr. Trump is neither as savvy a negotiator nor as ready to use military force as he claims.
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But it has done so with little application of military force, in sharp contrast to what many in China see as American militarism.
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One of the key misapprehensions of this mindset is the idea that military force is decisive in a way that diplomacy is not.
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The Pentagon put 50 Marines on alert in case the United States needed to deploy a military force to the embassy in Caracas.
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WASHINGTON — For the first time in years, Democratic and Republican lawmakers intent on repealing the authorization of military force passed after the Sept.
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"He certainly believes there is a role for the military; there are cases where he wouldn't hesitate to use military force," Duss said.
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Roosevelt's "Speak softly and carry a big stick" helped transform the Navy into a military force capable of projecting power around the world.
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Just last week, the United States condemned a deal for a joint military force the Russians made with the separatists in South Ossetia.
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Risch sharply opposed Kaine's resolution, and has been critical of the prospect of any effort to rewrite or repeal existing military force authorizations.
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A New York Times survey of the Democratic presidential hopefuls found differences on Israel, North Korea, cyberweapons and the use of military force.
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Some observers are even interpreting his speech as a new policy, an indefinite commitment to use US military force to curb Iran's ambitions.
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When they do feel they need congressional authority, they have been more likely to seek an authorization for the use of military force.
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He might be a nightmare, Mr. Snyder said, because he would not be constrained by norms that would favor acquiescence over military force.
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The United Nations Charter recognizes two justifications for using military force against another country, self-defense or the permission of the Security Council.
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In his remarks, the Chinese envoy, Liu Jieyi, warned the United States against efforts at "regime change" and the use of military force.
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Trump signaled he was moving toward sanctions against Tehran instead of further military force in an address to the nation late Wednesday morning.
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But the number of times that presidents have used military force far exceeds the number of times Congress has voted to approve it.
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The authorization for use of military force in 28503 has been invoked by three presidents in justifying some 22020 actions in 14 countries.
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Because of the political risks, most in Congress prefer not to own the consequences of permitting or forbidding the use of military force.
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"We will not refrain from doing what is necessary, including using military force," he said, adding Turkey wants stability and security in Syria.
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Sanders has highlighted his efforts to keep the U.S. out of war — including his 2002 House vote against authorizing military force in Iraq.
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" Huddy also noted that "authoritarians support the use of strong military force in war zones, including the use of harsh tactics and torture.
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The agreement also requires that Russia withdraw its unacknowledged military force in Ukraine, referred to diplomatically as the "foreign" force in the region.
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While Suu Kyi conceded that disproportionate military force may have been used and civilians killed, she said the acts did not constitute genocide.
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While Trump has issued multiple threats toward North Korea, his advisors have repeatedly said the U.S. does not want to use military force.
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They also said the 2001 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) should not be repealed until a replacement is in place.
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"I don't talk about whether or not I would use military force," Trump told a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Corker recently introduced an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) for the fight against ISIS and not against the Syrian regime.
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What matters more, he said, is simply to get people to think beyond the conventional wisdom that places a priority on military force.
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"The United States will be prepared to employ military force against the Serbians in Kosovo and in Serbia proper," Bush wrote to Milosevic.
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Its mandate for war, and its faith in the power of American military force, still animates that ideology, particularly toward the Middle East.
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And surely we have learned that trying to fix the Middle East with military force often not only fails but makes things worse.
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"The administration has not, to date, interpreted either AUMF [authorization for the use of military force] as authorization for military force against Iran, except as may be necessary to defend U.S. or partner forces engaged in counterterrorism operations or operations to establish a stable, democratic Iraq," Mary Elizabeth Taylor, assistant secretary of State for legislative affairs, wrote in a letter Friday.
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There were also suggestions Aaron had a double lighting bolt — the symbol of the SS, the Nazi military force — tattooed on his right arm.
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Since the power to authorize military force or sanctions rests with the Security Council, the U.N. chief has little more than a bully pulpit.
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The president can use military force without Congress; she can damage or reconfigure alliances without Congress; she can condemn or sanction adversaries without Congress.
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He could have said that Obama's inability to mount a military force to stabilize the Syrian civil war allowed ISIS to roam free there.
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Western governments approved the show of military force as a way to stop arms reaching Houthi fighters trying to overthrow Yemen's internationally recognized government.
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But I will continue to make my case and demand that Congress do its job and give me a new authorization for military force.
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"He has not made hardly any progress that anybody can detect in passing an authorization to use military force against ISIL," Mr. Earnest said.
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The Royal Protection Squad, Counter Terrorism Command and the nation's elite military force SAS took part in the security rehearsal a few weeks ago.
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This -- you know, President Trump knows and has always known that diplomacy needs the credible use -- it needs the credible threat of military force.
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They created a de facto autonomous Kurdish state, called Rojava, and set up a military force — the People's Protection Units (PYD) — to defend it.
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But by Tuesday afternoon an uneasy peace had returned and there was no indication that the opposition planned to take power through military force.
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It would have to be done under the 22017 use of military force authorization from congress, which was designed for Taliban and Al Qaeda.
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During the campaign Mr Kenyatta's team seemed to suggest, absurdly, that the British government was planning to use military force to stop him winning.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi similarly supported Obama's request, and stated that he should request from congress an Authorization for Use of Military Force.
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Kaine argued that then President Obama should have sought a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to conduct military operations against ISIS.
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A: Neither the text of the Constitution nor historical precedent conclusively settle when the president needs Congress to approve the use of military force.
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China considers self-governing democratic Taiwan a renegade province and Beijing has not ruled out using military force to bring Taiwan under its rule.
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Compared to the billions we are expending on military force to defeat ISIS, the funds needed will be small and their expenditure cost-effective.
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But after Saudi Arabia's decision to intervene in Yemen, the possibility that the kingdom will use military force if needed cannot be ruled out.
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Democrats view the war powers resolution as a way to assert Congress' constitutional right to authorize the use of military force in foreign conflicts.
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Clinton has acknowledged her Iraq vote was a mistake and says that as president she will only use military force as a last resort.
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A Central European military force with the capacity to push back a Russian assault is inherently more credible than the American force currently deployed.
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Other European countries that deploy a heavy military force at home, such as Italy, do not also aspire to project force outside their neighbourhood.
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But they haven't gone as far as Cole in calling for a new resolution authorizing the use of military force, known as an AUMF.
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Constitutional experts and some members of Congress have also challenged the Obama administration's thin legal rationale for using military force in Iraq and Syria.
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"The latest incarnation for him is a sort of realist school of overwhelming military force, but he's constantly criticizing nation-building," Mr. Wehner said.
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Hezbollah is now a potent military force capable of launching tens of thousands of missiles against Israel and inflicting strategic, if not existential, pain.
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The soaring ambition of 2009 gave way to a more restrained tone in 2013, when Mr. Obama acknowledged the limits of American military force.
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Congress must approve such a military force, and because the House will soon be under Democratic control, that may be a tough legislative sell.
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The structural foundation of U.S. policy towards the North has long been diplomacy, with financial sanctions, coupled with the credible threat of military force.
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It is important therefore to realize that, while necessary, even a successful congressional authorization of military force is insufficient for accountability regarding America's wars.
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But it also signals something else: Congress needs to vote on a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) as soon as possible.
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When no one is held responsible for the unjustified deaths of civilians and detainees, this erodes support for legitimate uses of U.S. military force.
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Since the power to authorize military force or sanctions lies with the Security Council, the U.N. chief has little more than a bully pulpit.
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The leading Democratic presidential candidate voted to authorize the use of military force against Iraq in late 2002 as a US Senator from Delaware.
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Israel, however, is willing to use military force to stop it from achieving those goals — and that could lead to problems down the road.
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Diplomacy and foreign aid are fine, but economic sanctions and the use of military force will always be controversial among people on the left.
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The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 This resolution authorized the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq.
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Each of those factions has, to varying degrees, also fought the Islamic State group, now all but eliminated as a military force in Syria.
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Ultimately, the only way military force could stop Iran from going nuclear is if the US committed to a more or less indefinite war.
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But as Power herself would soon learn, when Americans were presented with the hammer of military force, many atrocities began to look like nails.
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Since Beijing is not yet inclined to use military force to quash protests, it's unclear what kind of event might trigger a sweeping crackdown.
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"We are totally prepared for the second option, not a preferred option," Trump said at a White House news conference, referring to military force.
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Hezbollah, which was founded in the 1980s during a civil war and an Israeli invasion, is now the country's dominant political and military force.
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The Obama administration was wary of escalating hacking conflicts or of responding with military force, preferring to rely on indictments, sanctions and diplomatic tools.
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When Taiwanese voters elected a leader Beijing didn't like in 2016, Mr. Xi threatened military force and prevented mainland tourists from visiting the island.
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Military force, popular animus, administrative fiat — no measure is too big or too small when it comes to enacting the B.J.P.'s dangerous prejudices.
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One thing that we had [in the Gulf War] was a president who gave us a political mission that was achievable with military force.
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Rand Paul of Kentucky dislike the open-ended Authorization for Use of Military Force, known as the AUMF, that was approved after the Sept.
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Trump's comments signaled that he would move away from further military force against Iran following a Friday airstrike he ordered that killed Iranian Gen.
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These operations cannot last for more than 22001 days without a congressional declaration of war or an authorization for use of military force (AUMF).
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But before turning to threats of military force, the Trump administration should target one of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's greatest economic vulnerabilities: Venezuela's debts.
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They have also argued that the action was covered under an authorization of military force passed by Congress in 2002 to approve invading Iraq.
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Erdogan has previously said Turkey may use military force to drive back Syrian forces unless they pull back by the end of the month.
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The administration has cited, as legal authority, the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution, which approved the invasion of Iraq.
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They are an indispensable part of America's total military force; they get the job done, standing shoulder to shoulder with their active duty counterparts.
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These operations cannot last for more than 60 days without a congressional declaration of war or an authorization for use of military force (AUMF).
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The last time Congress authorized the use of military force was in 2003, when it voted to let President George W. Bush invade Iraq.
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Large riots in the name of greater autonomy and religious freedom rocked Xinjiang in the 1990s, and the government responded with brute military force.
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"You're getting down fairly quickly to a binary choice: live with a North Korea with nuclear weapons, or look at military force," he said.
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Eighty-eight percent of Republicans said they thought Trump was really willing to use military force, and 83 percent of Democrats said the same.
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Differences have emerged on whether to reverse Trump's tariffs on imports from China, and on when the United States should use military force overseas.
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The measure would repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which was initially approved to authorize the response to the Sept.
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Mr. Coats was also one of only a few Republican senators who supported compelling Congress to officially authorize the use of military force abroad.
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Visclosky also backed a push by progressive Democrats to repeal the broad 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force in his spending legislation.
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Mr. Trump has not ruled out the use of military force in Venezuela, setting up a potential conflict with Russia, which backs Mr. Maduro.
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That role, and the backing of the United States, has transformed the group into the most prominent political and military force in northeastern Syria.
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Charles Rangel (D-NY), now retired, advocated for a war tax that would be automatically levied whenever Congress authorized the use of military force.
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He's promising a large, unspecified US military buildup, a policy of routine torture, and the use of military force to plunder foreign natural resources.
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U.S. presidents have been deploying troops unilaterally for nearly 20 years through a 123/11-era law, the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
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U.S. presidents have been deploying troops unilaterally for nearly 20 years through a 9/11-era law, the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
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The government claimed wartime authority to detain members of the groups against which Congress had authorized military force, not every militant Islamist in the world.
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Army Brigadier General Richard Kim told reporters that the total military force on the island, including the Puerto Rico National Guard, numbered about 4,400 troops.
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Allegations of authoritarianism Hondurans also consider Hernandez too authoritarian, according to Oxford's Idler, and rights groups have criticized the use of military force against protesters.
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The seduction of supposedly sanitized air power is strong, especially for presidents who want to use military force but fear that it will be messy.
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And though some observers have focused on Russia's recent military gains to argue that US military force can succeed in Syria, their analogy is flawed.
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There is a need to reexamine the way the DoD operates to ensure it is the most flexible and efficient military force in the world.
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He has used this vote to undercut her so-called expertise and also to raise questions about her judgment and opinions in using military force.
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The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution passed the Democrat-controlled Senate 77 to 23; 453 Democrats voted in support, including Biden.
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One bill would repeal the 2002 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF), while the other would block funding for military action against Iran.
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Donald Trump wants to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria — and replace them with a joint military force from neighboring Arab countries, according to a report.
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Unlike Hungary, Czechoslovakia or Poland, Bulgarians did not see Russian military force used against them and many did not develop a deep resentment to Russians.
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards did well under international sanctions, and the elite military force is destined to become still richer now they've been lifted.
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The Revolutionary Guards, the most powerful military force in the Islamic Republic, said in the statement six missiles were fired into Syria from western Iran.
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Beyond Afghanistan and China, Bannon's worldview will also be missed in any future decisions Trump needs to make regarding the use of American military force.
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Some hawks within the administration believe the United States cannot live with a perpetual North Korean threat and that U.S. military force could be necessary.
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The White House has said it would be nice, but not necessary, for Congress to pass a new authorization for the use of military force.
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But less than three months out from Election Day, there's little conversation about a woman potentially leading the most powerful military force in the world.
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He justified those actions legally under the Authorization for the Use of Military Force ("AUMF") that Congress passed after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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The move was the highest profile use of American military force since Trump took office and it raises several urgent questions for the administration: 1.
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Some even physically attacked their party leaders when the coalition government supported use of military force in a NATO-led campaign against Serbia in 1999.
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That bipartisan amendment passed by 251-170 and prevents federal funds from being used for any military force in or against Iran without congressional authorization.
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Beijing regards Taiwan -- officially the Republic of China -- as a breakaway province and has said it will use military force against the island if necessary.
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Barbara Lee of California that would repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force eight months after the appropriations bill was signed into law.
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In several countries the young are warier than their elders of their governments using military force, partly because they are the ones who get drafted.
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Many held pictures of a four-year-old boy killed in the incident, one of the worst such attacks against Iran's most powerful military force.
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Indeed, he approached the use of military force with extreme caution and seized upon areas of cooperation with the Soviet Union where advantageous and feasible.
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And Mr. Erdogan was increasingly frustrated with the American role in northern Syria, where a small American military force was protecting a Kurdish-led militia.
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The largest cohort, they value strategic alliances, support security assistance, and have greater confidence in employing American military force abroad more than any other members.
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The administration has asked Congress to enact new authorization for using military force against the Islamic State, but lawmakers have not acted on that request.
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That unspoken threat of regime change from within, encouraged from the outside, probably motivated Kim at least as much as any threat of military force.
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"Whoa," Lee wrote on Twitter following a voice vote that pushed through her amendment to sunset the 28503 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF).
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Lee filed an amendment that would repeal the 2001 authorization for military force the Obama administration has said gives it the authority to fight ISIS.
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And seventeen years on, how a politician voted on the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq is starting to seem a bit academic.
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Publicly, the administration has said past authorizations for the use of military force (AUMF) give it the power to deploy troops overseas to fight ISIS.
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Ashford said Congress should instead take up a formal authorization for use of military force (AUMF) against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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"We certainly welcome Republicans taking an interest in specifically authorizing the continued use of military force against [ISIS]," said Brandi Hoffine, a White House spokeswoman.
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Trump left no doubt that the United States would use military force if necessary to protect itself and allies in Asia from North Korean threats.
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Threatening military force, with no diplomatic contact to shape a solution, leaves only two alternatives – one side backs down or the other goes to war.
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If that dissatisfaction translates to the voter booth, legislators may have more incentive to conduct oversight of the executive regarding the use of military force.
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" Despite the sprawling military missions, Haley declined to call for a new authorization of military force, saying US forces in Africa are in "supporting roles.
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Leah Wolczko, a 49-year-old state employee, said Cruz was too hawkish on foreign policy and the use of military force by the president.
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Critics in this city of 45,000 worried that souped-up gear would start to make their local police department look more like a military force.
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Army Brigadier General Richard Kim told reporters that the total military force on the island, including the Puerto Rico National Guard, number about 4,400 troops.
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But many lawmakers feel the President needs congressional approval and used the hearing to argue for passage of a new Authorization of Military Force. Rep.
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He dismissed the argument that his failure to enforce the red line in Syria, or his broader reticence about using military force, had emboldened Russia.
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African powers launched a multinational military force to tackle Islamist militants in the Sahel this month, as violence spreads beyond north Mali to neighboring states.
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They're also not against American leadership (or the use of US military force) per se, but they do want it to work better for everyone.
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News of the deaths only recently became public following an announcement by the Kurdish military force they were fighting with the People's Defense Units (YPG).
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But Mr. Erdogan, who doesn't seem inclined toward compromise, apparently believes as did many before him that the Kurds can be defeated by military force.
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Despite some American officials hinting at a willingness to consider military force to bring down Mr. Maduro, the whispers appear unlikely to turn into action.
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Rather, it is at war with groups covered by Congress's 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force against the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks.
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Hezbollah's success so alarmed the Sunni Arab states that Saudi Arabia toyed with the idea of sending an Arab military force to intervene in Lebanon.
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Sitting in their hotel, they follow every word of sabre-rattling from the Trump administration, which has repeatedly made threats of military force against Maduro.
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But without any significant military force of its own in the country, the United Nations-backed government has remained dependent on local militias for security.
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War powers are top of mind because Congress rarely authorizes military force and it rarely votes to rein in a President's power to use it.
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She also backed President Obama's declaration in August 2012 of a red line for using military force should Assad use chemical weapons, according to Ford.
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On the contrary: While applying military force abroad tends to destabilize Western governments, it seems only to bolster the regime of Russia's president, Vladimir Putin.
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But that argument falls flat for many in the region, who see a military force built to fight Israel turning its guns on fellow Muslims.
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And after the war began, he did not say he voted to authorize military force only because Bush had deceived him about having peaceful intentions.
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Mr. Zenko described the president as a "passive hawk," wanting to appear tough without making decisions about military force that could incite long-term commitments.
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I fully support Congress reasserting its Article 1 power to authorize military force, but any such effort must enhance and not diminish America's national security.
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But while Mr. Trump has mastered the art of bellicose threats, he has at times demonstrated reluctance to use military force even when advised to.
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So far, there is no evidence that Mr. Trump has thought through the implications of using military force or figured out what to do next.
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The former vice president voted to authorize military force against Iraq in 2002 — though he went on to harshly criticize the prolonged and destructive war.
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He was among the most senior officials in a military force which was a close ally of the U.S., protecting the country and the Shah.
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Republican senators will probably prevent Pelosi's proposed measures from passing now, and Trump will likely retain a blank check to use military force against Iran.
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Some administration officials have cited the 2002 authorization for the use of military force as the legal authority used in the strike against Iranian Gen.
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U.S. envoy to Iran Brian Hook on Thursday warned that the United States will respond with military force if its interests are attacked by Iran.
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In the past, we saw the enemy change from an organized military force to something more amorphous: civil instability or lawlessness or a humanitarian crisis.
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This must be America's global diplomatic crusade for the next decade, as soon as we have denuclearized the two rogues, with military force, if necessary.
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Last week, while urging North Korea to keep its promise to denuclearize, Mr. Trump warned that the United States would use military force if necessary.
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President Trump said last week that Pyongyang has been "behaving badly," while reaffirming the possibility of using military force to deal with North Korea's provocations.
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Buttigieg pledged to rejoin the Iran nuclear agreement, demand a new authorization of military force (AUMF) vote from Congress before embarking on other foreign endeavors.
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And any close examination of that record, beyond his high-profile rhetoric at debates, suggests that Trump is an instinctive advocate for US military force.
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Tuesday's vote underscored how politically fraught issues of military force and funding still are, especially as the liberal wing of the Democratic Party gains strength.
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Buttigieg says he wants to "repeal and replace" that law to narrow the scope of the president's authority to use military force around the world.
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To the Editor: Your editorial, in lambasting legislators for not passing an Authorization for Use of Military Force, ignored the Obama administration's co-responsibility for inaction.
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Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, among others, say some kind of American and allied military force will be needed.
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Assad said on Wednesday his government was still pursuing a political solution for Syria's rebel-held southwest, but would use military force if the effort failed.
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"We are creating a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, economic power, military force, or station of birth," Barlow wrote.
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Although we cannot defeat the ideology behind ISIS and al Qaeda with military force, reducing the number of ISIS fighters is a worthy national security objective.
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The formation of the Japanese marine brigade is controversial because amphibious units can project military force and could, critics warn, be used to threaten Japan's neighbors.
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They backed a more muscular approach to using military force as a way to push back against Republican claims that their party was weak on defense.
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He has said that ISIS' "days are numbered" and made it clear that he was prepared to "use military force" to bring stability to the region.
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Forces allied to Tripoli's government took 145 fighters from an eastern military force prisoner in Zawiya, west of Tripoli, a western commander said earlier on Friday.
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In striking Syria, Washington demonstrated that it still remains the dominant military force in the Mediterranean – at least when it chooses to ramp up its forces.
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But it has also developed the alarming habit of turning to military force, particularly bombing or the threat of it, as a first – not last – resort.
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Pakistan refuses to adopt a no first-use policy, which means it could hypothetically respond to India's use of conventional military force with a nuclear strike.
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The people I spoke to said Sanders's opposition to Iraq needs to be considered alongside his record in Congress on the use of American military force.
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John Kennedy (R-LA) told Vox he didn't know if Trump would have the time to secure congressional approval if he wanted to use military force.
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Though considered by many to be the worst case scenario, the plan described by Graham illustrates a harsh reality surrounding using military force against North Korea.
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That is, the fact of genocide alone does not provide legal justification under international law for a state to use military force to stop that genocide.
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Forty-six percent of poll respondents are confident that Trump can handle an international crisis, while 47 percent believe he will he use military force wisely.
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Many Republicans want to pass an Authorization for the Use of Military Force against ISIS, something that has regularly stalled in the past over policy differences.
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Rouhani often suggests that he has no control over such arrests, carried out by the mostly hardline judiciary and the Revolutionary Guards, a powerful military force.
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"You can't justify going after ISIS under the 2001 (Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF), let alone going after Syrian aircraft," said Maryland Sen.
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"I would take no issue with the Congress stepping forward" with an authorization for the use of military force, Mattis told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee.
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But it seems clear those factors do not seem to support strictly abiding by the prohibition on the use of military force in Article 2(4).
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"We are creating a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, economic power, military force, or station of birth," he announced.
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He was referring to the quasi-mercenary French military force that is separate from its national army and made up almost exclusively of non-French citizens.
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"There is no military force in the world that has proven more sensitive to civilian casualties," Mattis said before a meeting with his counterpart from Qatar.
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Representative Barbara Lee, now running to become the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, cast the lone vote against the Authorization of Military Force in 2001.
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It currently relies on the authorization for the use of military force passed in 2001 for the explicit purpose of targeting the perpetrators of the Sept.
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Democrats fear the Trump administration is building a case to use the 2001 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) for military action against Iran.
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President Donald Trump has offered tepid support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, which experts warn paves the way for China to use military force.
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The Trump administration must not think it can use previous and wholly-unrelated Congressional Authorizations of a Use of Military Force from 85033 to strike Iran.
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After a French-led military force recaptured Timbuktu the next year, some of the jihadists disappeared and others appeared to receive amnesty under a peace deal.
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Forty-eight percent of respondents said the US made the wrong decision in using military force in Iraq, while 43% said it was the right decision.
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Although the United States retains dominance in East Asia, in large part through its projection of military force, China may soon, on current trends, supplant it.
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The passage of the 22019 War Powers Resolution additionally gave Congress the power to authorize the executive's use of military force short of a war declaration.
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If an adversary wanted to threaten the U.S. and its citizens today, there are any number of ways they could do so without using military force.
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One of the primary domestic authorities for counterterrorism operations is the 2628 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that authorized the war in Afghanistan.
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It would be a tragedy for the United States to increase the use of military force only to find its interests undermined as ISIS is defeated.
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"All options (are) on the table," Trump told reporters Wednesday when asked if he might use military force to ensure the outcome he wants in Venezuela.
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Although several of these states do not have a "regular military force," per the CIA's definition, their national police forces act as de facto military forces.
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But the multinational military force — which includes Chad, Niger and the American military in an advisory role — sometimes has trouble securing territory once it is cleared.
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Washington (CNN)A Republican congressman said Thursday that Congress should debate authorizing military force in Syria, following the President's comments suggesting he'd take action there soon.
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He may struggle to reconcile tough and ideological foreign policy views with Trump's more pragmatic and risk-averse approach, especially around the use of military force.
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In recent weeks, Trump has said all options were on the table for supporting Guaido, and has declined to rule out the use of military force.
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"We'll release a copy of it on Thursday," Corker told reporters when asked about the status of the authorization for the use of military force (AUMF).
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"Our nation needs to retain this validated congressionally approved authorization for the use of military force to contain the fight against terrorism around the world," Rep.
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Iran now relies on the militant group as a strategic threat against Israel and as an expeditionary military force in the Arab world, including in Syria.
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The law, commonly called the A.U.M.F., on its face provided congressional authorization to use military force only against nations, groups or individuals responsible for the attacks.
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Obama declared the use of chemical weapons a "red line" in 2012, but after such an attack in 2013, he declined to respond using military force.
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You have a federal government that defends the nation so that each state doesn't have to have its own military force to defend against foreign invaders.
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The more interesting and at first glance attractive argument is the opposite one: that the answer in Vietnam was to deploy less military force, not more.
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In all those countries, former liberation movements have held uninterrupted power over decades through a combination of patronage, coercion and, in some cases, outright military force.
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Two million women are in the American veteran population, or about 10 percent, and yet they make up 16 percent of the active-duty military force.
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The Kurdish regional government, which has its own parliament and military force, operates international airports in its capital, Erbil, and in the northern city of Sulaimaniyah.
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Lee's measure would repeal the 2002 authorization of the use of military force, which has justified Pentagon strikes in countries like Yemen, Somalia and now Iran.
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While unanimous national consensus should never be expected, the case for any constitutionally legitimate commitment of military force should be stated and subjected to national dialogue.
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It has used military force in the past against Kurds in northern Syria, who have seized control of swathes of territory in the fight against ISIS.
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Lawmakers are loathe to take difficult votes on military force, however they do, to some extent, control the President's ability by controlling the national purse strings.
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A regional military force can broaden its missions to also include fights against Iran's subversion, terror support and weapons smuggling, so long that it remains tacit.
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The House adopted a resolution last month explicitly stating that Congress has not enacted legislation formally authorizing the use of military force in the Yemen conflict.
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Gorbachev, appearing by satellite link, said he was alarmed by the increasing readiness of many nations to use military force to resolve conflict rather than negotiation.
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Iran backs Hezbollah, a political party and militant group that maintains Lebanon's most powerful military force and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States.
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Kaine vocally pushed to get Congress to authorize the use of military force in the Middle East even when his good friend Barack Obama was president.
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Shen Yi-ming was responsible for overseeing the island's defense against China, which threatens to use military force to annex what it considers it own territory.
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Rather than threatening military force, the Trump administration can simply act to close off lending to Venezuela to pressure Maduro before he further entrenches his dictatorship.
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Neither the House nor the Senate has voted on another authorization for use of military force, whether replacing the existing ones or authorizing a new campaign.
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The other, led by Representative Barbara Lee of California, would repeal a 2002 measure granting President George W. Bush authorization to use military force in Iraq.
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The other, led by Representative Barbara Lee of California, would repeal a 2002 measure granting President George W. Bush authorization to use military force in Iraq.
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After Mr. Bush asked Congress in September to authorize the use of military force in Iraq, Mr. Biden and his colleagues grappled with how to proceed.
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Rose, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, broke ranks to vote against a House resolution restricting Trump's use of military force against Iran last week.
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On Wednesday, stocks jumped to records after President Donald Trump toned down rhetoric against Iran, announcing further sanctions on the country but not more military force.
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Trump has claimed various authorities for the drone strike, including a 2002 law authorizing the president — then George W. Bush — to use military force in Iraq.
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First, he can follow through on his own threats and take another step in the escalatory cycle with what he warned might be disproportionate military force.
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Non-military "tools in the toolbox" The US operation that killed Soleimani has reinvigorated the debate over the use of American military force and interventions abroad.
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Democrats, wary of getting bogged down in a new Middle East conflict, have sought to require Trump to seek authorization for future uses of military force.
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Neither the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against al-Qaeda nor the 2002 AUMF that greenlit the invasion of Iraq can justify it.
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"The Congress, as representatives of the American citizenry, has exclusive authority under the Constitution to decide whether the president may use military force," the letter concluded.
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Hezbollah is widely recognized as the most formidable military force in Lebanon, which the United States has tried to balance with support for Lebanon's armed forces.
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Biden and Iraq Following his comments about Afghanistan, Biden turned to his Senate vote in October 2002 to authorize Bush to use military force against Iraq.
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President Donald Trump also has lobbed warnings recently at North Korea about the use of military force, including "fire and fury" and "locked and loaded" remarks.
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Sure, there have been some paltry resolutions "authorizing" the president to deploy troops; today these are lifelessly labeled Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF).
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Some of the countries, who participate in the French-backed G5 Sahel military force, have reacted coolly to what they see as an ultimatum from Paris.
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She said the prospect of expanding the war to Libya is yet another reason for Congress to debate an authorization for the use of military force.
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To be clear, you're not saying you wouldn't use military might at all until you get a new authorization for the use of military force (AUMF)?
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Pak said that while he recognized Trump attached preconditions when discussing the use of military force against North Korea, the President's comments still "greatly disappointed" him.
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Western governments approved the show of military force as a way to stop arms reaching Iran-aligned Houthi fighters trying to overthrow Yemen's internationally recognized government.
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Paul believes it's important to retrench the president's war powers after an authorization for the use of military force passed by Congress shortly after the Sept.
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Late last month, a suicide bomber drove into the headquarters of the G223 Sahel, a regional military force focused on rooting out terrorism, killing three people.
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How American leaders grappled with the Cambodian problem during the Vietnam War has important implications for the use of military force by the United States today.
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The official said the Trump administration is seeking to reduce potential security concerns and increase military force with the deployment of more troops to the region.
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Naval and military force puts the "metal" in the metal chain — forging hard-to-breach segments between the immovable chain links that are the islands themselves.
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"Pelosi also said the strike was also undertaken "without an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iran" and "without the consultation of the Congress.
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"She also said the strike was also undertaken "without an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iran" and "without the consultation of the Congress.
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The House of Representatives also this week voted to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force as part of a $1 trillion spending bill.
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If the US assesses that the Kim regime has bad intentions for the people of the US, regime change by military force could come into play.
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An effort on their part to claim that final patch of territory along the border could provoke Mr. Erdogan to come down even harder with military force.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Friday he would consider an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) so long as it strengthened the President's hand.
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Despite promised action to weed out extremist groups across member states, EU doesn't have a military force or, seemingly, the ability to share intelligence and prevent attacks.
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The new military force would fall under the purview of the Air Force in the same way that Marines work with the Navy, according to the proposal.
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And Congress prefers diplomacy, supports diplomacy but we will back our President to end this program by military force as a last resort if we have to.
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Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China warns, while an influential Chinese newspaper urges Pyongyang to halt its nuclear program in exchange for Beijing's protection.
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"Israel's response against Hamas marks the first time that a country has reacted with immediate military force to a cyber-attack in an active conflict," Cimpanu writes.
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But the administration wasn't prioritizing diplomacy; they were asking for a broad war authorization that gave the White House immense freedom to use military force in Iraq.
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International order had to be reinforced when challenged, Truman understood; the use of military force now could prevent the necessity of fighting an even larger conflict later.
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Separately, Rouhani on Wednesday warned the Revolutionary Guards Corps, Iran's most powerful military force, and the Basij militia that it commands not to meddle in the election.
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Another security official, however, said the Pakistani military was on high alert in case India decided to retaliate for the Uri attack with cross-border military force.
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Given the massive military force Moscow can bring to bear around Ukraine, any American strategist advocating inviting Kiev into NATO should answer some difficult military questions: 1.
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We can't be focusing on the political side of this, we need to realize that our military force is how we project our word in the world.
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The share-out may suggest the Shias are hard done by; in fact, Hizbullah remains the country's strongest political and military force, backed by Syria and Iran.
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Or he might try to drag out the process and wait out the Trump administration, which has provided a credible threat of military force against the North.
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The Islamic State has been increasing its reach in Libya, prompting some of President Obama's top national security advisers to press him to use military force there.
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In addition, authorizations of military force are specific legislation that Congress drafts that often can include considerable restrictions on the president's ability to operate in a conflict.
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Israel is greatly concerned about Hezbollah's manufacturing of precision missiles but hasn't responded with military force out of concern that could lead to an all out war.
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Does he really mean that he would stop North Korea from getting a nuclear weapon that could hit America, and use military force if he had to?
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For operations against al-Qaeda-linked groups, the Pentagon relies on the old post-229/20023 Authorization for the Use of Military Force as its legal authority.
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"It is perhaps more important than ever that we have a sober national conversation about Congress's Constitutional role in authorizing the use of military force," Corker said.
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Of course, the debates that have raged in U.S. foreign policy for decades — when to use military force, whether to sign on to trade deals — will continue.
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Yet some Democrats are keen to challenge the assumption that strength has to be demonstrated by spending more on defence and a willingness to use military force.
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He returns years later as part of a military force determined to squelch resistance to Roman rule, and promptly arrests Judah for a crime he didn't commit.
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In May just 40% told the Pew Research Centre that they would back using military force to defend a NATO ally in a serious conflict with Russia.
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The California Democrat introduced a new version of his bill for a formal Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against ISIS, al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
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"We should not give the impression that the Taliban has re-emerged as a strong, united military force that is about to overrun the country," he said.
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"When it comes to defending the United States or its allies and our core interests, I will not hesitate to use military force where necessary," Obama said.
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"North Korea will call our bluff, the US will draw back from using military force, and North Korea will continue to develop their nuclear program," Ross said.
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The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg, believes the European Union (EU) needs a military headquarters to work toward a common military force.
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He said Palestinians were now marking "a half-century of deep suffering under an occupation imposed by military force" and marked by "systematic" violations of international law.
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In 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama chose not to use military force against Syria after the regime of Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people.
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Kim also reaffirmed that he would not use military force against the South and raised the need for an institutional mechanism to prevent unintended escalations, Yoon said.
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Merkel now sees such a joint military force as a way of keeping Britain involved in Europe's defense and the United States very much on the periphery.
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It is imperative Washington avoid undermining Seoul's progress, and a commitment to avoiding unprovoked military force is vital to that and U.S.-North Korean relations more broadly.
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The following year, Assad's government killed hundreds of civilians in the town of Ghouta with chemical weapons, but the United States did not respond with military force.
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But she began doubting Israeli policies regarding the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, settlements, and what she viewed as the excessive use of military force.
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"If you don't have a credible threat of military force, then Kim Jong Un has very little incentive to look what's going on around him," said DeSantis.
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This division of military power sets up a classic chicken-and-egg problem: Must the president await a congressional declaration of war before he utilizes military force?
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In addition to the Houthis in Yemen, Iran has helped Hezbollah in Lebanon become what is perhaps the most formidable non-state military force in the region.
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"It is critical to ensuring that the United States continues to the preeminent military force in the world," Zinke and DeSantis said in a letter to colleagues.
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As Arab leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Iran envoy said the United States will respond with military force if its interests are attacked by Iran.
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This will gradually force the U.S. to find a new place in a post-imperial, multipolar world that it cannot dominate by military force or economic warfare.
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There are certainly policy and practical arguments to be made as to why using military force is not the most effective way to enforce our immigration laws.
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But given Trump's own floating of the possibility of using military force in Venezuela, it is unclear whether Bolton's absence will signal any softening of his approach.
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She also said she would go to Congress for an authorization for use of military force if there were any possibility of an armed conflict with Iran.
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The leaders did not discuss an authorization for use of military force against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which Obama requested from Congress in December.
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"But China resolutely opposes individual countries using the banner of freedom of navigation and overflight to flaunt military force and harm China's sovereignty and security," he said.
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Despite Trump's personal troubles, the United States remains the most powerful military force in Asia, and ensures freedom of navigation in sea lanes that underpin global trade.
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Under the War Powers Act of 85033, the President needs to obtain congressional authorization for the use of military force after 60 days of a military conflict.
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" Speaking Sunday, US national security adviser H. R. McMaster said the US hopes not to use military force but warned "this problem is coming to a head.
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Washington (CNN)Democratic lawmakers fervently renewed their calls for congressional approval of military force following President Donald Trump's Friday night announcement of US precision strikes against Syria.
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As questions swirled this week around how Trump would respond to the attack, so did continued uncertainty about updates to Congress' Authorizations for Use of Military Force.
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"The President doesn't have the authority to take military action," said Murphy, who is heavily involved in trying to rewrite the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
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Colombia ramped up efforts to combat drug trafficking in the Urabá region earlier this month, greenlighting the use of full military force against the Urabeños, including airstrikes.
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On paper, the military force that Daenerys Targaryen assembled at the end of Game of Thrones' sixth season was far and away the most formidable in Westeros.
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A young Elder in Training, Antain, watches in horror as the mother is grabbed by a ruthless all-female military force, and locked away as a madwoman.
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The backbone of the pressure campaign is Trump's credible threat of military force if the alternative is living with a belligerent North Korea with reliable nuclear missiles.
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The Revolutionary Guard emerged in 1979 with the advent of the Islamic Republic, as a military force parallel to the country's army — whose loyalty was in question.
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The board criticized her as too quick to propose using military force abroad, but said she still would be a better military leader than her Republican rivals.
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The number of affected troops is small; an estimated 2,000 to 11,000 identify as transgender, out of a total military force of 1.3 million active-duty members.
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"He's very clear that there should be regime change in Iran and North Korea, and military force should be used to achieve those goals," Mr. McFaul said.
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The Obama administration had fruitlessly asked Congress to enact a specific military force authorization for the Islamic State as well, while also saying it was legally unnecessary.
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"There will be no — repeat, no — use of military force in immigration operations," said Homeland Security chief John Kelly, who oversees ICE, in a Thursday press conference.
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He has also been a vocal critic of any use of military force against North Korea, which is being considered as an option in the Trump administration.
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Known locally as "Amba boys," the separatists are up against an American- and Israeli-trained elite military force that has been widely accused of human rights abuses.
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American officials need to communicate these boundaries to Iran and back them up with a range of tools, including sanctions, diplomacy and limited military force if necessary.
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He argued that the administration should have sought authorization from Congress to attack Iran because the action doesn&apost fall under the 2001 Authorization for Military Force.
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Formed in 2014 to fight ISIS, the PMU were recognized under a 2016 Iraqi law as an independent military force that answers directly to the prime minister.
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But Sanders sees an opening, too: He's lambasted Biden for voting in 2002 to give then-President George W. Bush authority to use military force in Iraq.
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He has already moved additional naval forces into the Persian Gulf and he should agree with Netanyahu that sanctions be backed with the threat of military force.
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In Tokyo, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, fresh from a major election victory, underscored his agreement with Trump's view that military force might be necessary to stop Pyongyang.
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Trump's acquittal, then, will do immense damage to America's "soft power," Washington's ability to convince other nations to do what the US wants without using military force.
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But in substance, Mr. Trump's strategy was not all that different from Mr. Obama's, relying on a mix of conventional military force and diplomatic pressure on Pakistan.
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Senators on Wednesday introduced a resolution stressing that neither the 2001 nor 85033 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) covers a potential war with Iran.
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Even without an authorization for use of military force, the president had an obligation to brief the "Gang of Eight" on his proposed targeted killing of Soleimani.
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Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, believed congressional authorizations for use of military force, known as an A.U.M.F., that were passed by Congress after the Sept.
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John W. Nicholson Jr., the commander of the U.S.-led international military force in Afghanistan, offering a sober assessment of America's longest war to a Senate panel.
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And Germany, which since the end of World War II has rejected military force outside self-defense, spends only 1.2 percent of its G.D.P. on the military.
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She said they aimed at giving the Syrian Kurds a voice overseas and promoting them as the best military force to defeat Islamic State militants in Syria.
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Diamond believes that the Iraq and Afghanistan wars played a significant part, negatively associating in people's minds the promotion of democracy and the use of military force.
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Furthermore, he has been restrained in the use of military force, which has allowed us to allocate resources to domestic priorities and has greatly reduced combat deaths.
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In its filing, the ACLU also rebuts the government's defense of the detention under the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force and the president's constitutional powers.
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As the situation in Venezuela deteriorates and the stalemate between Maduro and his opponents drags on, the US has kept the vague threat of military force alive.
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Earlier this year, he rightly questioned the failure of members of Congress to formally authorize the use of military force in the fight against the Islamic State.
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Congress is slowly moving toward a review of the authorization for use of military force (AUMF) under which the United States has waged war for 6900 years.
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The Abraham Lincoln Battalion, a volunteer effort to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War in the mid-1930s, was the first racially integrated U.S. military force.
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The Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a volunteer effort to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War in the mid-1930s, was the first racially integrated U.S. military force.
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Mining is a tactic typically employed by a military force defending territory or retreating from it, as the Houthis have been since the Saudi-led intervention began.
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Political analysts said the addition was a setback for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who sees NATO as an expansionist military force on his country's doorstep.
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Are they threats that the United States will use military force against those states as well, or just that Mr. Trump is temperamentally inclined to use force?
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In 2016, the Iraqi Parliament passed a law recognizing the Shiite-led Popular Mobilization Units as an independent military force that answers directly to the Prime Minister.
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Evidently, the Kiir faction is disinclined to allow a large rebel military force to establish itself in the capital's airport without the security guarantee of Machar's presence.
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Hook said on Friday in a news conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh that U.S. diplomacy did not give Iran the right to respond with military force.
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This dates back, fundamentally, to the debate way back in 2002 over whether to grant George W. Bush authorization for the use of military force in Iraq.
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At a minimum, a successful replacement AUMF must provide for four criteria: While it should remain the responsibility of the president to dictate an approach to the use of military force, a replacement AUMF will go a long way to rein in the tendency of the White House to rely on military force as a quick and relatively easy tool in pursuit of foreign policy and national security objectives.
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But Saudi influence has waned in recent years as its preferred politicians have lost influence in Lebanon, and Hezbollah has emerged as the country's most powerful military force.
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Portrayals of Hillary Clinton as super-hawkish on foreign policy typically point to a number of decisions she's made over the years to support the use military force.
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Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China said, while an influential Chinese newspaper urged the North to halt its nuclear program in exchange for Chinese protection.
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The risk of further logistical and financial restrictions is increasing, and the risk of the use of military force, while still remote, can no longer be entirely excluded.
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The Obama administration used the Authorization for the Use of Military Force that was passed after 9/11 to justify the fights against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
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Lee admitted that, if we take the IDF's tweet at face value, this is "a high profile example" of a military force striking hackers in the real world.
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Writing a letter telling him what a good deal it should be is good only if you&aposre willing to back it up with use of military force.
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And now with the violence that we saw on television this week, four people lost their lives -- EAMON JAVERS: Is that a reason to use U.S. military force?
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Even before he ran for president, he demanded that President Barack Obama not send troops into Syria and argued for not using military force against Bashar al-Assad.
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"But at the time if given the same information that I was given at the time, I would take the same vote" to authorize military force in 2002.
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It was Pence who made the administration's first tour of Latin American countries, in the summer of 2017, soon after Trump threatened to use military force in Venezuela.
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The collapse of a U.S.-backed plot to bring down Nicolás Maduro leaves the Venezuelan opposition vulnerable, and the Trump administration with few options short of military force.
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The Constitution divides the war powers between Congress and the President, and leaves unresolved exactly when uses of military force do and do not require Congress's sign-off.
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In the past, they have dismissed cases brought by members of Congress who claimed that a President's use of military force abroad violated federal law and the Constitution.
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Many critics of the deal that ultimately lifted those sanctions feel that Barack Obama's administration was excessively reluctant to contemplate using military force as part of the equation.
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But McMaster, who was speaking from Kabul, Afghanistan, acknowledged the likelihood of North Korean retaliation if Washington uses military force in an attempt to stop its weapons programs.
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Another concern is about Congress — Murphy said there's an "atrophy of the muscles of Congress" in its failure to act on authorizing use of military force for years.
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The biggest military force we see in Avengers: Infinity War belongs to Wakanda – which seems pretty surprising, since Black Panther's home country has tended to keep to themselves.
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Beyond supporting Congresswoman Gabbard, I would propose the following two pronged test to precede the application of military force or rendering of aid to entities seeking regime change.
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Now comes the hard work of establishing the boundaries of that policy and building not only the military force but the coalition and treaty structures to support it.
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The ambush in Niger that killed four American troops has reinvigorated the debate about the legal basis for our country's use of military force against various terrorist organizations.
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Before the Gulf war of 1991, almost two-thirds of Americans said they were willing to "use military force", but less than 30% wanted to "go to war".
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Under Putin, who has dominated the political landscape for the last 18 years, Russia has significantly increased defense spending and used military force in Georgia, Ukraine and Syria.
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As in February 2003, we willfully and wrongly believe our security will be won only from maximum sanctions that fail and the seemingly inevitable use of military force.
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Mr. President, Kim's calculus is probably that if you think the diplomatic track could yield a positive outcome, you will be less likely to turn to military force.
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"This is a secretive $10 billion project with the ambition of building 'a more lethal' military force overseen by the Trump Administration," anonymous employees wrote in the letter.
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