Law Permits New Wars Without Congress vote-US Authority...

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Congress Monday that a 2001 authorization for war against terrorist groups provides adequate permission to continue military operations in several countries around the world.
Since the death of four American soldiers in Niger this month, both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have begun to question the United States' longstanding foreign policy of conducting anti-terrorism military operations in foreign countries without congressional approval.
 Such operations have been allowed since Congress approved the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists act on Sept. 14, 2001, three days after the attacks in New York and Washington.
Lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., have said a new authorization might be needed now that the United States has expanded its military operations to 19 countries, with little information about them available to the public.
"There needs to be more public discussion and light on these activities because I do not think the American people want the United States conducting a global, endless shadow war under the radar, covert and beyond scrutiny," Cardin said.

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