U.S. operation in Yemen illegal: Senate set to vote on ending U.S. "war operations" in Yemen

The Senate is scheduled to hold a vote Tuesday on whether to end the U.S. military's involvement in Yemen's civil war.


The GOP Senate Cloakroom on Twitter said the Senate will vote on S.J. 54 at approximately 4:15 if all debate time on the measure is used.

The measure, brought forth by Senators Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., seeks to end U.S. military's now three-year involvement in Yemen by invoking the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which says that the U.S. president can approve engagement in combat abroad "only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces."

Neither of those conditions have been met, the senators argue, making the U.S. operation in Yemen illegal.
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 20/3/17