AUMF

American  

abbreviation

1. Authorization for Use of Military Force: a law enacted in 2001, giving the U.S. president the authority to use military force against those persons or groups connected with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

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Example Sentences

Members of Congress are not - for now - targeting a third AUMF, which passed days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2023

It concerned the status of the 2001 law that approved going to war against those responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2021

O’Connor’s Hamdi opinion, he wrote, warned that if “the practical circumstances of a given conflict are entirely unlike those of the conflicts that informed” the AUMF, the court’s “understanding” of the law’s reach “may unravel.”

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2019

Testifying to the Senate last week, CIA Director Mike Pompeo — who is also a Harvard-trained lawyer — said Mr. Trump had power to conduct the strike under the 2001 AUMF.

From Washington Times • Apr. 15, 2018

Referring to a congressional authorization for the use of military force, she said: "As many of my colleagues have also stated, we need a new AUMF," or Authorization for Use of Military Force.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2018