2020 Candidate Pete Buttigieg Lays Out Foreign-Policy Vision
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg wants to repeal the 2001 authorization for use of force in Iraq and Afghanistan, calling it a "blank check" that has led to an "endless war."
Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend and 2020 presidential candidate, speaks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on June 9, 2019.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/BloombergBloomington, Ind. (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg laid out his foreign policy vision Tuesday, calling for an end to "endless war," rebuilding America's relationships with its allies and treating climate change as an "existential threat."
The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, an Afghanistan War veteran, said he wants to repeal the 2001 authorization for use of force in Iraq and Afghanistan, adding that when he returned in 2014 after serving as an intelligence officer with the Navy Reserve, he believed U.S. military involvement there was winding down.