Title: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should continue its limited military activities within Syria and that ending such activities at this time would embolden ISIS, Bashar al-Assad, Iran, and Russia and put our Kurdish allies in great jeopardy.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Calls on the President to reconsider the decision to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from Syria and urges any future withdrawal decision to be based on a robust interagency process and on conditions in the region.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 738 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 738

   Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should 
 continue its limited military activities within Syria and that ending 
  such activities at this time would embolden ISIS, Bashar al-Assad, 
     Iran, and Russia and put our Kurdish allies in great jeopardy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 19, 2018

  Mr. Graham (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. 
  Rubio, Mr. King, Mr. Corker, and Mr. Reed) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should 
 continue its limited military activities within Syria and that ending 
  such activities at this time would embolden ISIS, Bashar al-Assad, 
     Iran, and Russia and put our Kurdish allies in great jeopardy.

Whereas ISIS has been dealt a serious blow in Iraq and Syria and is 
        substantially damaged but not yet defeated;
Whereas the United States has a limited military presence in Syria with 
        approximately 2,000 troops who serve as an insurance policy against 
        future threats;
Whereas a precipitous withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Syria will 
        embolden radical jihadist groups in Syria and in the region;
Whereas it is in the vital national interest of the United States to continue to 
        support partners, such as the Kurds, in Syria and other locations in the 
        Global War on Terror;
Whereas a United States withdrawal will embolden the brutal dictatorship of 
        Bashar al-Assad and bring more suffering to the people of Syria and the 
        region;
Whereas a precipitous withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Syria could 
        lead to the release of hundreds of foreign terrorists currently detained 
        by the Syrian Democratic Forces; and
Whereas it is in the national security interest of the United States to counter 
        Iran's and Russia's influence in Syria and throughout the region: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) calls on the President to reconsider his decision to 
        withdraw United States Armed Forces from Syria at this time; 
        and
            (2) urges any future decision to withdraw United States 
        Armed Forces from Syria to be the result of a robust 
        interagency process and to be conditions-based.
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