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      'A Great Start': Peace Advocates Cheer Senate Repeal of Iraq War Authorization

      "A larger and far more consequential challenge remains: repealing the 2001 AUMF which authorized the global war on terror," said one activist.

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 29, 2023

      Peace campaigners cheered Wednesday's vote by the U.S. Senate to repeal the authorizations for the 1991 and 2003 invasions of Iraq, while calling on the House of Representatives to follow suit.

      The Senate voted 66-30 in favor of a bill to rescind the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force (AUMF), with 18 Republican senators crossing the aisle to support the legislation, which now heads to the House. An amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that would have empowered the president to attack Iran was defeated on Tuesday.

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