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national] Support Group, the United 
States should engage directly with Iran 
and Syria in order to try to obtain their 
commitment to constructive policies toward 
Iraq and other regional issues. In engaging 
with Syria and Iran, the United States 
should consider incentives, as well as dis-
incentives, in seeking constructive results’’; 
and 
(ii) 
implementing 
Recommendation 
13, which states, ‘‘There must be a re-
newed and sustained commitment by the 
United States to a comprehensive Arab- 
Israeli peace on all fronts’’; 
(4) remains resolved that the interests of the 
people of Iraq, United States allies, and greater 
Middle East region should be paramount in estab-
lishing regional and international assistance and aid 
to ensure the establishment of a cohesive govern-
ment in Iraq; 
(5) encourages the international community and 
regional organizations to assist the Republic of Iraq 
in recruiting an armed multinational stabilization 
force from countries acceptable to the Republic of 
Iraq, to train Iraqi Security Forces, foster political 
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reconciliation, and to the extent feasible police 
human rights violations; 
(6) recognizes that as part of a diplomatic ini-
tiative in Iraq, the President shall submit to the 
Congress, in classified and unclassified form, a com-
prehensive regional stability plan for Iraq, which 
shall include diplomatic, political, and economic stra-
tegic measures; 
(7) urges sustained commitment of the Republic 
of Iraq, United States, nations in the Middle East, 
and international community in consultation with 
the United Nations and pertinent regional and non- 
governmental organizations to develop and raise 
funding for the reconstruction of Iraq and relief to 
the Iraqi people, including for purposes of— 
(A) assisting efforts to deal with the hu-
manitarian impact of the war in Iraq, particu-
larly civilian displacement and Iraqi refugees; 
(B) developing an Iraq Corps of Engineers; 
(C) encouraging the use of Iraqi engineers, 
contractors, tradesmen, and construction work-
ers in the reconstruction process; 
(D) surveying and performing proper res-
toration of Iraq’s world cultural sites; 
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(E) ensuring the equitable distribution of 
oil revenues to the people of Iraq; and 
(F) encouraging initiatives to assist in re-
building Iraq’s infrastructure, including public 
health, transportation, physical plants, edu-
cational, and utilities systems; 
(8) expresses its sincere condolences to the 
number of Iraqis who have been killed, displaced, or 
wounded; and 
(9) recognizes that the government of the 
United States owes a debt of gratitude to the 
500,000 young men and women who have served in 
Iraq and who now deserve comprehensive rehabilita-
tion, physical, mental, educational, and economic as-
sistance. 
Æ 
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