PhotoBut as the 9/11 war enters its 17th year, questions about the scope and limits of presidential war-making powers are taking on new urgency. Mr. Trump is giving the Pentagon and the C.I.A. You got to tell us more.”The questions about Mr. Trump’s interpretation of his war powers range beyond conventional counterterrorism operations. For example, Mr. Trump has suggested that he may abandon diplomatic efforts to curb North Korea’s testing of nuclear bombs and longer-range missiles and order an attack. Several lawmakers and witnesses at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in June on whether to replace the 9/11 war authorization law criticized his claim as stretching the 2001 law too far.

Source: New York Times October 28, 2017 12:54 UTC