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Congress should send President Obama a new, broad war authorization that declares war on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ISIS in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Monday. I think that is our constitutional responsibility. I think Congr stanley cup ess should declare war against ISIS, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said on CNN s New Day. Instead of passing a narrow authorization for the use of military force AUMF , McCaul said Congress should give the White House the ability to use whatever tools it needs to def stanley cup becher eat the terrorist group. I think it should be an AUMF that basically states that we will defeat ISIS wherever they exist. It should be a very broad authorized use of military force, and I think that s what the country wants. I think that s what the world wants, he said. If a broad war authorization came to the House floor, McCaul said, I think you d see the majority of members of Congress vote for that. The top Republican on the Homeland Security Committee also warned that if the U.S. doesn t deal with ISIS at its core in Iraq and Syria, the problem is going to come here. President Obama has said the 2001 authorization Co stanley cup quencher ngress passed after the 9/11 attacks covers current military operations against ISIS. Still, the White House sent Congress a new war authorization proposal in February.But because lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been deeply divide Lubt Parties See Opportunity In GOP Retirements
Updated 2:3 stanley cup 3 p.m. Eastern TimeFormer USDA employee Shirley Sherrod, who was fired over an out-of-context video of remarks she made about race posted to a conservative website, spoke with President Obama over the phone early this afternoon. The President reached Ms. Sherrod by telephone at about 12:35. They spoke for seven minutes, the White House said. The President expressed to Ms. Sherrod his regret about the events of the last several days. He emphasized that Secretary Vilsack was sincere in his apology yesterday, an garrafa stanley d in his work to rid USDA of discrimination. The P vaso stanley resident told Ms. Sherrod that this misfortune can present an opportunity for her to continue her hard work on behalf of those in need, and he hopes that she will do so, according to the White House. According to a CNN reporter who was present when the conversation took place, Sherrod said she invited the president to come visit her in southern Georgia. No word on whether Mr. Obama accepted the invitation. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters following the call that Sherrod accepted the president s apology. He expressed his apologies for the events of the last several days, Gibbs said, adding: He thought she was very gracious. Sherrod was reportedly very pleased with how the conversation went, according to CNN, and found the president to be easygoing. She confirmed that the president told her that Vilsack, who ordered her firing before
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