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The Terror Exception: The Impact Of The 2001 Authorization For Use Of Military Force On United States Counterterrorism Policy In The Middle East Under The Obama Administration, Benjamin Collinger
The Terror Exception: The Impact Of The 2001 Authorization For Use Of Military Force On United States Counterterrorism Policy In The Middle East Under The Obama Administration, Benjamin Collinger
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In the traumatic and somber aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the U.S. Congress passed a critical piece of legislation to provide the president authority to defend the United States and its interests abroad. The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which responded to the horrors of 9/11, began the United States’ longest war—the global war on terror— and serves as its legal basis today. President George W. Bush signed the AUMF into law on September 18, 2001, only a week after the attacks. Congress agreed with the proposition:
That the President is authorized to use all …