Democratic Senator Tom Udall voted for the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF)
while he was a member of the House of Representatives.
"I would have never imagined that [2001] vote [NOW] supporting U.S. troops in Syria in 2017 and engagements with the Assad regime,"
On Tuesday, US senators called on Congress to take back its authority
to determine whether the country goes to war,
claiming that the recent US strikes in Syria were not covered by existing authorizations for the use of military force.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has already begun considering legislation
that would cover military action against the Islamic State, al Qaeda and other Islamist militant groups
in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Libya and Yemen.
The committee's chairman, Republican Senator Bob Corker, said,
"I have always believed that it's important for Congress to exercise its constitutional role to authorize the use of force."
As President Trump has ordered increased military activity in Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere,
members of Congress are also pushing for Trump to present his strategy for defeating Islamic State and other militant groups
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