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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3197 

To require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious redeployment of 

United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 14, 2010 

Mr. FEINGOLD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious 

redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan. 

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

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress makes the following findings: 

5 (1) Military operations in Afghanistan have cost 

6 American taxpayers more than $200,000,000,000 in 

7 deficit spending since 2001. 

8 (2) Particularly given current record deficits, 

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1 ture war expenditures in Afghanistan do not add to 

2 the deficit and ensure that resources are not squan3 dered on waste, fraud, abuse, or corruption in Af4 ghanistan. 

5 (3) United States military and nonmilitary op6 erations in Afghanistan, including those conducted 

7 by contractors, must be subject to the highest stand8 ards of transparency and accountability, and subject 

9 to the review of appropriate inspectors general. 

10 (4) According to the most recent Army Mental 

11 Health Advisory Team Assessment, one in five sol12 diers surveyed in Afghanistan reports having psycho13 logical problems. 

14 (5) The United States needs a comprehensive 

15 strategy to counter the global threat posed by al 

16 Qaeda and its affiliates in Pakistan, Somalia, 

17 Yemen, North Africa, and elsewhere around the 

18 world. 

19 (6) A massive, open-ended United States mili20 tary presence in Afghanistan is unlikely to advance, 

21 and may undermine, United States efforts to elimi22 nate the safe haven for al Qaeda in Pakistan and 

23 combat al Qaeda globally. 

24 (7) Rather than engaging in a nation-building 

25 effort in Afghanistan, the United States should 


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1 begin reducing troop levels in Afghanistan and tran2 sition to a sustainable counterterrorism policy. 

3 (8) President Obama announced on December 

4 1, 2009, that United States troops would begin to 

5 be withdrawn from Afghanistan in July 2011. 

6 (9) The United States remains committed to 

7 providing long-term economic, diplomatic, and polit8 ical support to the people of Afghanistan, and to 

9 supporting the emergence of a legitimate, effective 

10 government in Afghanistan. 

11 (10) The United States will continue to provide 

12 economic, development, and political support for 

13 women’s rights, education, and leadership in Af14 ghanistan. 

15 (11) The August 20, 2009, presidential election 

16 in Afghanistan was characterized by widespread 

17 fraud, and there are credible reports of widespread 

18 corruption. 

19 (12) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 

20 Admiral Michael Mullen, has acknowledged that the 

21 greatest threat in Afghanistan today is the ‘‘lack of 

22 legitimacy in the government—at all levels’’ and that 

23 the United States Armed Forces cannot solve the le24 gitimacy problem. 


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1 (13) General McChrystal has acknowledged that 

2 United States partnerships with ‘‘polarizing and 

3 predatory’’ powerbrokers, including in the Afghan 

4 National Security Forces, compromise the ability of 

5 the United States to address the lack of legitimacy 

6 in the Afghanistan Government. 

7 SEC. 2. PLAN FOR THE SAFE, ORDERLY, AND EXPEDITIOUS 

8 REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED 

9 FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN. 

10 (a) PLAN WITH TIMETABLE REQUIRED.—Not later 

11 than January 1, 2011, or 90 days after the date of enact12 ment of this Act, whichever is earlier, the President shall 

13 submit to Congress a plan for the safe, orderly, and expe14 ditious redeployment of United States Armed Forces from 

15 Afghanistan, including military and security-related con16 tractors, together with a timetable for the completion of 

17 that redeployment and information regarding variables 

18 that could alter that timetable. 

19 (b) STATUS UPDATES.—Not later than 90 days after 

20 the date of the submittal of the plan required by sub21 section (a), and every 90 days thereafter, the President 

22 shall submit to the Congress a report setting forth the 

23 current status of the plan for redeploying United States 

24 Armed Forces from Afghanistan. 


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1 (c) RECOMMENDATIONS ON CONTRACTOR OVER2 SIGHT.— 

3 (1) RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later 

4 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

5 Act, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 

6 Reconstruction shall, in consultation with the In7 spector General of the Department of Defense and 

8 the Inspector General of the Department of State— 

9 (A) issue recommendations on measures to 

10 increase oversight of contractors engaged in ac11 tivities relating to Afghanistan that have a 

12 record of engaging in waste, fraud, or abuse; 

13 and 

14 (B) report on the status of efforts of the 

15 Department of Defense and the Department of 

16 State to implement existing recommendations 

17 regarding oversight of such contractors. 

18 (2) ELEMENTS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 

19 recommendations issued under paragraph (1)(A) 

20 shall include recommendations for reducing the reli21 ance of the United States on security contractors or 

22 subcontractors responsible for the deaths of Afghan 

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1 contractors, or other armed groups that are not part 

2 of the Afghan National Security Forces. 

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