Congress & the Presidency

Clawing Back Constitutional War Powers

As members of Congress seek to reassert greater sway over military matters, they must also be ready for the heightened obligations that will come with it.

Richard Fontaine is chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security and former foreign policy advisor to Senator John McCain. Vance Serchuk is executive director of the KKR Global Institute, an adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, and former foreign policy advisor to Senator Joseph Lieberman.