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Senate panel plans July briefing on war authorization repeal
By Rebecca Kheel - 06/22/21 04:10 PM EDT

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a briefing in July on repealing the 2002 authorization for the Iraq War, its chairman said Tuesday.

The announcement from Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) comes after a group of Republicans on the committee asked him to delay consideration of a bill to repeal the 2002 and 1991 authorizations for the use of military force (AUMF) until administration officials appear before the committee.

“The administration has already issued a formal statement of administration policy, or SAP, supporting repeal of the 2002 AUMF,” Menendez said Tuesday at a committee business meeting. “Nonetheless, I am planning a member's briefing for the beginning of the July work period, so we will all have an opportunity to hear directly from the administration and to question State and Defense Department officials concerning the proposed repeal.”

Menendez also said he and his staff would “facilitate discussions with the administration” for interested members.

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