Biden looks to revoke Bush's Iraq authority
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Presidential candidate and Delaware Sen. Joe Biden said Thursday he is working on legislation to "repeal" the 2003 congressional authority that allowed President Bush to take military action against Iraq.
"We gave the president that power to destroy Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and, if necessary, to depose Saddam Hussein," Biden said in prepared remarks of speech to the Brookings institution, a Washington think-tank. "The WMD were not there. Saddam Hussein is no longer there. The 2002 authorization is no longer relevant to the situation in Iraq."
Biden said he would work to offer new legislation that redefines the U.S. mission in Iraq, making it much "narrower."
"Congress should make clear what the mission of our troops is: to responsibly draw down, while continuing to combat terrorists, train Iraqis and respond to emergencies," Biden said. "We should make equally clear what their mission is not: to stay in Iraq indefinitely and get mired in a savage civil war."
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"We gave the president that power to destroy Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and, if necessary, to depose Saddam Hussein," Biden said in prepared remarks of speech to the Brookings institution, a Washington think-tank. "The WMD were not there. Saddam Hussein is no longer there. The 2002 authorization is no longer relevant to the situation in Iraq."
Biden said he would work to offer new legislation that redefines the U.S. mission in Iraq, making it much "narrower."
"Congress should make clear what the mission of our troops is: to responsibly draw down, while continuing to combat terrorists, train Iraqis and respond to emergencies," Biden said. "We should make equally clear what their mission is not: to stay in Iraq indefinitely and get mired in a savage civil war."
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