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Authorization for Use of Military Force appears in the title of several joint resolutions of the United States Congress. It may refer to: * Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1991, authorizing the Gulf War, also known as Operation Desert Storm * Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) (, ) is a joint resolution of the United States Congress which became law on September 18, 2001, authorizing the use of the United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the September ..., authorizing the use of military force against those responsible for the September 11 attacks * Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, also known as the ''Iraq Resolution'', authorizing the Iraq War * Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against the Government of Syria to Respond to Use of Chemical Weapons, also known as the ''Syria Resolution'', introduced in the Sena ...
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Authorization For Use Of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution Of 1991
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (short title) () or Joint Resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 (official title), was the United States Congress's January 14, 1991, authorization of the use of U.S. military force in the Gulf War. President George H. W. Bush requested a Congressional joint resolution on January 8, 1991, one week before the January 15, 1991, deadline issued to Iraq specified by the November 29, 1990 United Nations United Nations Security Council Resolution 678. President Bush had deployed over 500,000 U.S. troops without Congressional authorization to Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region in the preceding five months in response to Iraq's August 2, 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Legislative history Senate Joint Resolution 2 was approved in the United States Senate on January 12, 1991, by a vote of 52 to 47. * was sponsored by John Warner ( R) ...
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Authorization For Use Of Military Force Of 2001
The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) (, ) is a joint resolution of the United States Congress which became law on September 18, 2001, authorizing the use of the United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the September 11 attacks. The authorization granted the President the authority to use all "necessary and appropriate force" against those whom he determined "planned, authorized, committed or aided" the September 11 attacks, or who harbored said persons or groups. The AUMF was passed by the 107th Congress on September 18, 2001, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on September 18, 2001. Since 2001, U.S. Presidents have interpreted their authority under the AUMF to extend beyond al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan to apply to numerous other groups as well as other geographic locales. In December 2016, the Office of the President published a brief interpreting the AUMF as providing Congressional authorization for the use of force against ...
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Authorization For Use Of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution Of 2002
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002,Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002
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informally known as the Iraq Resolution, is a passed by the in October 2002 as