The “2001 AUMF,” said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), “has become a blank check for any president to wage war anytime, anywhere, anyplace without the consent or oversight of Congress.”
Yasmine Taeb
Legislative Director for Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Yasmine directs FCNL’s work on a number of human rights and civil liberties issues, including lobbying for increased resettlement of refugees, more transparency and oversight of the U.S. lethal drones program, calling for the closure of Guantanamo, and for the repeal of the 2001 AUMF, among other issues.
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