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FILE - Cpl. Edward Chin of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, covers the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein with an American flag before toppling the statue in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2003. Congress is now considering doing something it hasn't done since the Vietnam War - repealing authorizations for the use of military force and thus reclaiming its say over the wars America wages abroad. The Senate voted 66-33 on March 29, 2023, to repeal the 2002 resolution giving President George W. Bush the green light to invade Iraq. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

FILE - Cpl. Edward Chin of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, covers the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein with an American flag before toppling the statue in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2003. Congress is now considering doing something it hasn't done since the Vietnam War - repealing authorizations for the use of military force and thus reclaiming its say over the wars America wages abroad. The Senate voted 66-33 on March 29, 2023, to repeal the 2002 resoluti…

March 29, 2023

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Senate votes to repeal Iraq War approval many see as mistake
March 29, 2023 2:20 p.m.

Senate votes to repeal Iraq War approval many see as mistake

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the resolution that gave a green light for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a bipartisan effort to return a basic war power to Congress 20 years after an authorization many now view as a mistake.