New AUMF Debate?

President Obama said today that he would "begin engaging Congress over a new authorization for military force against" the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, noting that Gen. Lloyd Austin, chief of U.S. Central Command, would soon head to Capitol Hill to brief Congress on the ongoing campaign against ISIL.

Austin told reporters at the Pentagon on Oct. 17 that he expects ISIL to be "much degraded" over the next eight to 12 months.