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    Rand Paul's Maneuver Against Endless Wars

    The Kentucky senator is trying to inject urgency into his effort to reassert congressional control over where the United States fights and kills.
    by Conor Friedersdorf Sep 12, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Mary Schwalm / Reuters

    Senator Rand Paul is trying to pressure his colleagues in Congress to reassert power over where the United States wages war. Should U.S. troops be fighting in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan? Should American drones carry out lethal strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and beyond? The Kentucky Republican wants the House and Senate to decide questions like that through new votes that force legislators to go on the record so that they are fully accountable to

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