The temporary truce with Tehran counts as the end of war, and no congressional approval is needed, the White House has reportedly said<\/p>\n
The US-Israeli war on Iran has already been \u201cterminated,\u201d and the Trump administration believes it does not need an extension from Congress to continue the fighting, the Associated Press has reported, citing sources.
\nThe report comes as a deadline mandated by the 1973 War Powers Act rapidly approaches. The legislation limits any military action launched by the president without congressional authorization to 60 days.\u00a0
\nThe White House insists that, for the purposes of the law, \u201cthe hostilities that began on Saturday, February 28, have terminated,\u201d an unnamed senior administration official told AP on Friday. Tehran and Washington reached a two-week ceasefire on April 7, with the truce extended indefinitely since then.
\nThe assessment echoes the stance voiced by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during hearings in the Senate on Thursday. The Pentagon chief said the conflict has been \u201cpaused\u201d since the ceasefire was implemented, arguing that in the administration\u2019s \u201cunderstanding\u201d the 60-day period was on hold as well.<\/p>\n
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Unauthorized war or justified action? US Congress split on Iran strikes<\/p>\n
Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, who grilled Hegseth about the timeline, told the press that the secretary offered a \u201cvery novel argument that I\u2019ve never heard before,\u201d which \u201ccertainly has no legal support.\u201d Multiple legal experts have said that the 60-day period envisioned by the act cannot be \u201cterminated\u201d or \u201cpaused.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0
\nThat unorthodox view of the 1973 legislation, however, has been backed by some experts. Richard Goldberg, a former official with the National Security Council during Trump\u2019s first term and current senior adviser to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a hawkish Washington-based think tank, claimed the interpretation was viable.
\nLaunching a new operation later would help to circumvent the congressional approval requirement, Goldberg claimed, stating that the move \u201csolves it all\u201d in his opinion. A new attack on Iran \u201cwould inherently be a mission of self-defense focused on reopening the strait while reserving the right to offensive action in support of restoring freedom of navigation,\u201d he suggested.\u00a0
\nSince the ceasefire was announced, Washington has been pouring additional troops and hardware into the Middle East, prompting widespread concern that the truce is only a pause prior to the renewal of the hostilities. Three aircraft carrier strike groups, as well as multiple marine expeditionary groups, are currently active in the region, with some of the units enforcing Trump\u2019s naval blockade of Iran, and others appearing to be on standby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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