Mattis urges Congress vote to fight ISIS
Source: Politico
By CONNOR O’BRIEN 03/22/17 01:45 PM EDT
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told senators Wednesday he supports a new Authorization for Use of Military Force to fight the Islamic State. In his first public hearing since his confirmation in January, the retired four-star Marine general faulted Congress for not debating a new war authorization, which he said would show U.S. resolve in the campaign against ISIS.
"I would take no issue with the Congress stepping forward with an AUMF. I think it'd be a statement of the American people's resolve," Mattis told the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. "I thought the same thing for the last several years, I might add, and have not understood why the Congress hasn't come forward with this, at least to debate."
Lawmakers from both parties have said a new authorization should be approved, but no proposal so far has managed to garner broad support. Former President Barack Obama sent a draft authorization to Congress in February 2015, but the full House and Senate never considered it.
"The elected commander-in-chief, both the last administration and the current administration, I think have a duty to protect the American people and what we stand for from this enemy," Mattis said.
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and deporting innocent people. They don't have time for military authorization because they're tough on terror and Obama was soft....or something 
