US President Joe Biden has agreed to update the law on the powers of the head of state for military strikes abroad. This was stated at a briefing by White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, quoted by RIA Novosti.
Legislation on the use of military force (AUMF), passed in the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks, allows the president to use “necessary and appropriate military force” against those behind the attacks.
“President Biden agrees that the AUMF, which has existed for 20 years, has long been in need of renewal,” Psaki said.
She added that the White House would hold consultations on the issue.
The issue of limiting the president’s powers to use military force was raised in the United States after the recent strike on pro-Iranian groups on the Syrian-Iraqi border. The Pentagon said it was a response to attacks on US and coalition forces in Iraq.
Democrat Tim Kane and Republican Todd Young then introduced a bill in the Senate to repeal congressional resolutions of 1991 and 2002 that started the Gulf War and operations in Iraq and still allow the president to use military force abroad.
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