This 60-Word Sentence Started The 'War On Terror' -- And Much More

Within 72 hours of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a White House lawyer had crafted the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). That law, approved by Congress, gave President George W. Bush the power to start the Iraq War, and ostensibly, the entire War on Terror.  The bulk of the law's reach boils down to one of the most powerful sentences ever written, only 60 words of the full law: “That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against tho...