Rand Paul: I support the public and official ending of the Iraq War

On Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul spoke in favor of repealing the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.

"A vote to keep this is really a vote to allow something as big as the Iraq War was at its maximum. If you want that kind of power on the books... that is giving up a huge amount of power that our Founding Fathers thought should be vested in Congress," he said.

Paul noted that most Americans now believe the Iraq War was a mistake, adding, "Even if you poll our veterans who fought in the war, the vast majority of our veterans think it was a mistake."

"Publicly ending the Iraq war, which has been over for a decade, is a great idea and shouldn't be controversial," Paul added.