March 29, 2023

FILE - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 14, 2023. McConnell says he opposes repeal of the 2002 and 1991 authorizations of force against Iraq, arguing that that authority "bears directly on the threats we face today in Iraq and Syria from Iran-backed terrorists." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)