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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 121 

To provide for the redeployment of United States forces from Iraq. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To provide for the redeployment of United States forces 

from Iraq. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES FORCES 

4 FROM IRAQ. 

5 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

6 United States to redeploy United States forces from Iraq 

7 by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

8 of this Act, while maintaining thereafter in Iraq the mini9 mal level of United States forces sufficient to engage di10 rectly in targeted counterterrorism activities, train Iraq 


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1 security forces, and protect United States infrastructure 

2 and personnel in Iraq. 

3 (b) REPORT.— 

4 (1) REPORT ON STRATEGY FOR REDEPLOY5 MENT.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and 

7 the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to Con8 gress a report setting forth the strategy of the 

9 United States for the redeployment of United States 

10 forces from Iraq by not later than the date that is 

11 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 

12 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘redeployment 

13 date’’), in accordance with the policy stated in sub14 section (a). 

15 (2) ELEMENTS OF STRATEGY.—The strategy 

16 set forth in the report under this subsection shall in17 clude the following: 

18 (A) A flexible schedule for redeploying 

19 United States forces from Iraq by the redeploy20 ment date, in accordance with the policy stated 

21 in subsection (a). 

22 (B) An estimate of the number, size, and 

23 character of United States military units need24 ed in Iraq after the redeployment date, for pur25 poses of counterterrorism activities, training 


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1 Iraq security forces, or protecting United States 

2 infrastructure and personnel in Iraq. 

3 (C) A strategy for managing the regional 

4 implications of the redeployment of United 

5 States forces from Iraq in accordance with the 

6 policy stated in subsection (a), including a de7 scription of proposed efforts to ensure a coordi8 nated diplomatic, political, and development 

9 strategy to accompany such redeployment of 

10 United States forces. 

11 (D) A strategy for ensuring the safety and 

12 security of United States forces in Iraq during 

13 the redeployment under the policy stated in 

14 subsection (a), and a contingency plan for ad15 dressing dramatic changes in security condi16 tions that may require a specified number of 

17 additional United States forces to remain in 

18 Iraq after the redeployment date. 

19 (E) A strategy for repairing and strength20 ening United States forces to effectively engage 

21 and defeat global terrorist networks that threat22 en the United States. 

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