Defense News on NSN AUMF Repeal Report

Think Tank Lays Out Steps To ‘Cap’ Then ‘Roll Back’ Post-9/11 Military Force Resolution

By John T. Bennett
August 12, 2014 | DefenseNews.com

WASHINGTON — A group of US national security experts is pushing a piecemeal plan to update the measure authorizing the war against violent extremist groups for the first time since September 2001.

The left-leaning National Security Network (NSN) on Tuesday released a report that proposes “an incremental approach … that would cap the scope of the authorization now and roll back its scope over time, ending in its eventual expiration.”

The think tank sees a “realistic window of opportunity … emerging to refine the law by bringing [the 2001 authorization of the use of military force, or AUMF] in line with historical practice and putting it on the course toward repeal. The war in Afghanistan is coming to a close.”

“The campaign to degrade and destroy [al-Qaida’s core] has largely succeeded, rendering the organization” unlikely to carry out a large-scale attack, states the report, titled “Ending the Endless War.”

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