Rand Paul: Time to revisit Mideast war authorization

And isn't that what Trump campaigned for? Let's get out of there.

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“We really need to have a debate about whether we should still be in Iraq or in Afghanistan,” the Kentucky Republican said.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Sunday he thinks it is time for lawmakers to revisit ongoing conflicts the U.S. is engaged in, saying he doesn't think Congress meant to “bind another generation” when it authorized the war against Iraq in 2002.

“We really need to have a debate about whether we should still be in Iraq or in Afghanistan,” Paul said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “There needs to be authorization from Congress.”

He was responding to a question from host Chuck Todd about the briefing that members of Congress received last week about President Donald Trump’s rationale for killing a top Iranian commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, on Jan. 3. Paul said the explanations provided by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about an imminent threat from Iran were not entirely convincing.

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“He thinks he can square the circle, but to me it seems pretty inconsistent,” Paul said of Pompeo.