The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (short title) ( Pub. L. 102–1 ) or Joint Resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 (official title), was the United States Congress 's January 14, 1991, authorization of the use of U.S. military force in the Gulf War .
5-551: (Redirected from AUMF ) Authorization for Use of Military Force appears in the title of several joint resolutions of the United States Congress. It may refer to: Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1991 , authorizing the Gulf War, also known as Operation Desert Storm . Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 , authorizing
10-665: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1991 President George H. W. Bush requested a Congressional joint resolution on January 8, 1991, one week before the January 15, 1991, deadline issued to Iraq specified by the November 29, 1990 United Nations United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 . President Bush had deployed over 500,000 U.S. troops without Congressional authorization to Saudi Arabia and
15-646: The Persian Gulf region in the preceding five months in response to Iraq's August 2, 1990 invasion of Kuwait . Senate Joint Resolution 2 was approved in the United States Senate on January 12, 1991, by a vote of 52 to 47. House Joint Resolution 77 was approved in the United States House of Representatives on January 12, 1991, by a vote of 250 to 183 On June 29, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 366–46 to repeal
20-475: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Authorization for Use of Military Force . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force&oldid=1242177345 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-883: The use of military force against those responsible for the September 11 attacks . Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 , also known as the Iraq Resolution , authorizing the Iraq War . Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against the Government of Syria to Respond to Use of Chemical Weapons , also known as the Syria Resolution , introduced in the Senate on September 6, 2013, but not enacted into law. Topics referred to by
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