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AUMF
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en US politics military en authorization for use of military force.
en 2013-05-23 w:Barack Obama Remarks by the President at the National Defense University https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/23/remarks-president-national-defense-university And that is why I intend to engage Congress about the existing Authorization to Use Military Force, or AUMF, to determine how we can continue to fight terrorism without keeping America on a perpetual wartime footing.