For Once Obama Should Have More Power, House Republicans Say
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President Barack Obama should be asking for more power to wage war against Islamic State extremists, some Republicans on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs committee said.
“The president has been clear he believes they have full legal authority to prosecute” Islamic State, Representative Matt Salmon, an Arizona Republican, said during a panel hearing Thursday. “I’ve never heard of a president asking Congress, saying ‘please tie my hands.’”