Take it a step further and authorize a robust ROE to take the fight to the enemy and have the JAG attorneys stand down. Handcuff McCain isn’t supporting Corker.
The head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said it is now up to Congress to craft use-of-force legislation that “can in fact pass muster” in both the House and Senate, he told CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Sen. Bob Corker said he would begin a series of “robust hearings” to determine what the strategy is to counter the growing threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.[..]
The chairman said the president’s initial draft of the authorization for the use of military force, which has been criticized for vague language that prohibits the use of ground forces in “enduring offensive ground combat operations,” is a “legislative vehicle” that will be amended to gain the support of Congress, Corker said. “It’s important to get behind an authorization.”