Zinke and Other Lawmakers Call For Authorization for the Use of Military Force Debate

As discussed earlier this week on the Morning Show, Congressman Ryan Zinke joined a broad, bipartisan coalition of 35 House lawmakers to call on Speaker Ryan to schedule and debate an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) as quickly as possible following the recent announcement by President Obama of a deepening entanglement in Syria and Iraq.

“Last week, the president announced [that] the U.S. will deploy a U.S. Special Operations contingent into northern Syria to be embedded with and to advise opposition militant forces in that region; and U.S. military advisors and special operations forces already in Iraq will be embedded with Kurdish and Iraqi forces on the front lines of combat,” the lawmakers wrote, calling the move part of “a significant escalation in U.S. military operations in the region” that places “U.S. military personnel on the front lines of combat operations.”

As of for now Speaker Ryan has yet to respond.