The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 8 voted to repeal the Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq, as the 20th anniversary of the March 19, 2003, invasion approaches.
Both the 2002 and 1991 AUMFs were advanced in the committee by a vote of 13–8. The full Senate could vote on the legislation in the next few weeks.
The 2002 AUMF allowed the U.S. military to go into Iraq following reports that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. The United States captured him in 2003 and he was executed by Iraq in 2006. The 1991 AUMF allowed U.S. forces to enter the Gulf War, where Hussein’s forces were driven out of Kuwait….