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Calls Grow for New Authorization for War on Terror

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Calls Grow for New Authorization for War on Terror
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President Donald Trump inherited U.S. military operations to combat terrorism around the globe. Now a bipartisan group in Congress is pushing for debate on whether the legal justification for those operations needs to be updated. Lawmakers argue the war on terror has significantly changed since the current authorization for use of military force, or AUMF, was passed in 2001. VOA's Katherine Gypson has more from Capitol Hill.

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