Obama's War Powers Act letter to Congress on Iraq

The White House released this War Powers Act letter last night, giving Congress the legally required notification of its military actions in Iraq. Beyond the intriguing choice of monospaced font, the noteworthy thing is the lack of reference to the 2003 Iraq AUMF.

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