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Kaine, who expressed frustration that Congress had not received advance notifications before President Biden
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“I strongly believe – and this goes back to the drafting of the Constitution and its first agreements – is that if a president defends himself against an ongoing or imminent attack, the president has a certain unilateral power and that’s fine. But the idea of committing a crime against groups, traditionally, should come to Congress, “he said.
The senator said that “he was not informed at all” about the strike in Syria and not “many of the people” in Congress who should have been consulted.
Kaine was also the sponsor of a joint resolution aimed at removing the U.S. military from hostilities against Iranian forces that were not authorized by Congress, which was President Trump
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Biden last week ordered airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Syria, which hit “several facilities” and resulted in nearly two dozen deaths, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Pentagon described the attack as “proportionate” and “defensive” after US forces were rocket-propelled in Iraq, killing a civilian contractor.
“This is the beginning of an administration and it is an administration in which, because President Biden was the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which has jurisdiction over matters of military power, he should understand more than the majority, more than virtually anyone. , that Article I branch must have a role here, so I will insist on this, ”said Kaine, referring to the legislative branch.
Kaine said Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon is “likely to introduce a bipartisan resolution with fellow Republicans to repeal the two Iraqi permits, the first Gulf War and then Iraq 02.”
“Congress is not repealing these things. We pass them and they float there to be used – they can be used in mischievous ways to justify actions long after the initial crisis is over, ”he said.
He said the first step was to “repeal unnecessary authorizations” for the use of military force, such as the two resolutions passed by Congress against Iraq, and then work to update and reform the 2001 authorization to use military force against “those nations, organizations or individuals ”who planned, authorized or assisted in the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
The 2001 permit was used to send US troops to Afghanistan in October of that year, and military conflict against Al Qaeda and the Taliban has spread to other countries such as Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Libya and Yemen.
Kaine says “step three” is updating the 1974 Powers Act.
“This case shows us that the 1974 War Powers Act is not enough in terms of the need for consultation, so I have a bill to rewrite the War Powers Act, which is a longer-term reform that I think we will introduce the first of the year with fellow Republicans, “he said.
Kaine said he expects to speak with Biden administration officials about last week’s strike on Tuesday afternoon.
“I think I’ll talk to them later today,” he said.
Kaine said he received the same letter that all his colleagues received two days later, informing them of the strike.
“I was also like everyone else in the country, I found out about it in the news. I’m on the Armed Services and External Relations Committee[s]. I don’t think I should learn about it that way, “he said.
“We will probably have some kind of information with the White House about this,” he said.