US Inspectors General Start Iran War Oversight, Saying Hostilities Have Passed 60 Days

The 1973 War Powers Resolution prohibits a president from keeping troops in active hostilities for more than 60 days without congressional approval.

USS Gerald R. Ford, an aircraft carrier. Antonio Bronic/Reuters

Three U.S. government internal watchdogs said Wednesday that they have started oversight into the United States’ war with Iran, also determining that hostilities with Tehran have exceeded 60 days.

In a joint statement, the inspectors general for the Department of War, Department of State, and U.S. Agency for International Development started their “legally mandated, whole-of-government oversight coordination for Operation Epic Fury,” the name used for the U.S. war with Iran that started on Feb. 28.