U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing to ask Congress for new war powers to support his campaign against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
So far, he has relied on his executive powers as president to launch airstrikes against the militant group, but he now needs the approval of Congress to expand military operations.
It will represent the first war vote in Congress in more than a decade.
Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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