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Authorizations passed by congress 14 or 15 years ago about different circumstances targeting different groups in different countries. it is way too much of a stretch to take those authorizations and say they apply here and the members of congress here then who voted on them say this never would have been within the contemplation of those authorizations. so the white house did send us a draft authorization in february. they attempted to bridge differences between democratic and republican positions and, frankly, that effort made nobody happy. they do have a white house provision that will be ac...

You like to see a new authorization and how or how tailored should it be? >> you know, i filed a draft authorization, al in september after the president spoke to the nation on 10th tracking what he told american actions in iraq and siro. strict limitations on no ground combat troops with a few key exceptions. we put a sunset clause in our authorization and i think you'll see the committee embrace one as we mark this up on wednesday or thursday. but i do support the notion that this should not be a ground campaign. we should be providing air strikes to support the ground efforts of the kurdish...

Leaders is still going on. the president saying that he wants to listen to what both sides have to say, although he has said that he believes that the united states should act. here is a little bit of what the president just said moments ago. listen. >> i am going to be working with congress. we have sent up a draft authorization. we're going to be asking for hearings and a prompt vote, and i'm very appreciate tiff that everybody here -- appreciative that everybody here has already begun to schedule hearings and intends to take a vote as soon as all of congress comes back early next week. mart...

Weapons that 98% of the world agrees to is there for a reason, because we recognize that there are certain weapons, that when used, cannot only end up resulting in grotesque deaths but also can end up being transmitted to non-state actors, can pose a risk to allies and friends of ours like israel, like jordan, like turkey. and unless we hold them into account, also sends a message that international norms around issues like nuclear proliferation don't mean much. and so i am going to be working with congress. we have sent up a draft authorization. we're going to be asking for hearings and a pro...

Like jordan, like turkey, and unless we hold them into account also sends a message that international norms around issues like nuclear proliferation don't mean much. and so i'm going to be working with congress. we have sent up a draft authorization. we're going to be asking for hearings and a prompt vote, and i'm very appreciative that everybody here has already begun to schedule hearings and intends to take a vote as soon as all of congress comes back early next week. so the key point that i want to emphasize to the american people, the military plan that has been developed by our joint chi...