‘One Step Closer To Ending Forever Wars’: House Repeals Law That Authorized Iraq Conflict

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted, Thursday, to scrap a law that greenlighted the Iraq War.

In a 268-161 vote, lawmakers repealed the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) — a resolution that granted President George W. Bush permission to “defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq.”