Buttigieg vows to seek repeal of post-9/11 war powers resolution

[DonViejo]

The Afghanistan War veteran drew sharp distinctions with President Trump in his first major foreign policy speech as a 2020 Democratic candidate.

June 11, 2019, 1:09 PM EDT
By Josh Lederman

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Pete Buttigieg committed Tuesday to put the United States back in the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate agreement if elected president and pledged to support a repeal of the war powers resolution passed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the first major foreign policy and national security speech by a 2020 Democratic candidate.

Buttigieg, an Afghanistan War veteran, chided President Donald Trump for a foreign policy he said was conducted “impulsively, erratically," and "emotionally,” including what he described as “love-letters” between the president and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

Calling for the winding down of U.S. wars, Buttigieg said he feared the U.S. would soon have its first combat death of “the 9/11 War who was born after 9/11.”

“As someone who deployed to that war on the orders of a president — who believed, way back in 2014, that our involvement in Afghanistan was coming to an end — the time has come for Congress to repeal and replace that blank check on the use of force and ensure a robust debate on any future operations,” Buttigieg said.

The war powers resolution passed soon after Sept. 11, 2001, known as an Authorization for Use of Military Force, has been a hot-button issue in Washington for years. Lawmakers of both parties have conceded its insufficiency to address the current array of national security threats but have been unable to muster the political support needed to replace it.

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[trev]

1. I don't think the president should be allowed to get us willy-nilly into undeclared wars.

War is a Congressional responsibility, and it should remain so.

[uawchild]

2. About time!

Good for Pete.

he's been there, he knows what all the endless wars are really about.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I approve of his stand on these measures.

Too bad none of the other candidates have adopted it yet.

[loyalsister]

4. That's exactly why the Iraq war is NOT

simply yesterday's news. The enabling legislation is still law, and Pete represents the generation who fought in it at the behest of law makers who believed Bushes lies.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. Good!

Too much power was ceded to the President after 9/11, and it's past time to rein it in. Right now we are witnessing how dangerous that power can be when it's wielded by the wrong person.