WASHINGTON – In an interview today on MSNBC, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, renewed his call for an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against ISIS amid escalating violence in Iraq and Syria. Yesterday, the New York Times reported that ISIS militants are being aided by forces of Syrian President Bahsar al-Assad, further complicating an already complex political and military reality in the region.
“Frankly, the Senate needs to do its job as well. We need to take up and pass a bipartisan Authorization of the Use of Military Force (AUMF). We tried repeatedly at the end of the last Congress, we tried earlier this year,” said Senator Coons. “A number of us are trying to renew conversations about on what grounds – on what basis – could we reach a bipartisan AUMF that the President would sign. It’s been tricky so far, but I think we need to come together here in the Congress in a way that shows our support for a strategy that can win in Iraq and Syria against ISIS.”
Video link: http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/pentagon-report--10-000-isis-fighters-456569411760
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