- Feb 22, 2017
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Congress gave that authorization to BUSH after he WRNT BEFORE CONGRESS AND ASKED FOR THAT AUTHORIZATION.Obama did not have to do those things because Congress gave the Executive branch an Authorization to Use Military Force....
One more time..here is the AUMF..it is still fully valid and in force...nothing has changed. Notice it does not say President Bush...
https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ40/PLAW-107publ40.pdf