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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 520 

Reaffirming the strong relationship, both in defense and trade, between the 

United States and the United Kingdom. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 7, 2016 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON, and Mr. MCCONNELL) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Reaffirming the strong relationship, both in defense and 

trade, between the United States and the United Kingdom. 

Whereas the United States and the United Kingdom have a 

special relationship grounded in the rule of law, democratic principles, a common language, and a strong commitment to peace and security; 

Whereas, on August 14, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt 

and Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic 

Charter, which defined American and British war aims 

and laid the foundation for a post-war international system founded on free trade and freedom of the seas that 

persists to this day; 

Whereas, on March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his 

‘‘Iron Curtain Speech’’ in Fulton, Missouri, stating, 


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‘‘Neither the sure prevention of war, nor the continuous 

rise of world organization will be gained without what I 

have called the fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples . . . a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States’’; 

Whereas the United States and the United Kingdom have 

stood side by side through two World Wars, the Korean 

War, the Cold War, the Gulf War, and the Global War 

on Terror with Americans and Britons fighting and dying 

together to defend our common interests and principles; 

Whereas the United States and the United Kingdom have 

played central roles in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and are critical to maintaining its future 

strength; 

Whereas senior military officers from the United Kingdom 

have served in advisory or command positions in United 

States headquarters, including combatant commands 

such as CENTCOM, and officers from the United States 

have served in similar roles in the British military; 

Whereas the United States and the United Kingdom made 

immense contributions in personnel and resources to the 

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the 

NATO-led effort to train the Afghan National Security 

Forces, and to assist the Afghan people in rebuilding 

their country; 

Whereas the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty between the 

United States and the United Kingdom, which was 

signed in 2007, ratified by the Senate on September 29, 

2010, and entered into force in April 2012, introduces 

greater cooperation and access in order to meet the requirements of mutual defense frameworks; 


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Whereas both nations continue a close strategic partnership 

in developing and maintaining an effective nuclear deterrent, including developing the next-generation of nuclear 

ballistic missile submarines and the continued deployment 

and modernization of a submarine-launched ballistic missile; 

Whereas the close and expanding economic ties between the 

United States and the United Kingdom, including the 

world’s largest bilateral foreign direct investment partnership, have greatly contributed to the continued prosperity of both nations; and 

Whereas, on June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom held a European Union membership referendum, and the British 

people voted to leave the European Union: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) reaffirms that the special relationship be3 tween the United States and the United Kingdom 

4 will not be affected by the outcome of the June 23, 

5 2016, referendum or by changes to the United King6 dom’s relationship with the European Union; 

7 (2) recognizes that continued defense and intel8 ligence cooperation between the United States and 

9 the United Kingdom is vital to the national security 

10 of both countries; 

11 (3) supports the continued political and military 

12 leadership displayed by both nations in the North 


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1 Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since it was 

2 founded 67 years ago; and 

3 (4) urges the President to commence discus4 sions with the Government of the United Kingdom, 

5 at their request, to ensure the continuance of our 

6 current bilateral trade relationship and as necessary, 

7 negotiations for the development of a free-trade 

8 agreement between our two countries. 

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