read more [here]( on monday, senators mitt romney (r-ut), mike rounds (r-sd), ron johnson (r-wi), bill hagerty (r-tn), and i sent a letter to the chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, bob menendez (d-nj), requesting a public hearing from the secretaries of state and defense as well as outside experts and a classified member briefing from the departments of state and defense and the office of the director of national intelligence before the committee decides to consider legislation to repeal the 2002 and 1991 authorizations for use of military force against iraq. 