Veterans-Turned-Lawmakers Jason Crow And David Ortiz Reflect On How To End 20 Years Of War
Democratic state Rep. David Ortiz in the House on March 4, 2021. Rep. Jason Crow says it’s time for Congress to take back its war authority from the president. The Democratic lawmaker from Aurora said in an interview with Colorado Matters that the war was a result of broad war authorizations given to the executive. Congress granted President George W. Bush the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to go into Afghanistan, but then used the same AUMF to go into Iraq. Since then, the AUMF has been used by both Democrat and Republican presidents to continue the war. Crow, who served in...
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