The Daily 202: Biden already faces war powers questions
Olivier Knox
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President Biden hasn’t been in office a full week but already faces questions about one of his most solemn duties: When, why and under what circumstances he might send Americans into combat. Some of the most serious pressure is coming from his left, where liberals want him to undertake a dramatic overhaul of the legal underpinnings for most U.S. military actions since 9/11.
On his way out the door, Donald Trump declined to send Congress a public list of U.S. combat deployments abroad and ordered U.S. troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan down to 2,500 in each country — both issues now on Biden’s plate.