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The 2001 AUMF authorizing Trump's Syria strikes was written to target whom?

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The 2001 AUMF (Public Law 107-40) authorized force against "those nations, organizations, or persons" responsible for 9/11. It never mentions Syria, ISIS, or any group that didn't exist in 2001. ISIS...

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