A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States civil-military partnership in Iraq, under the current leadership of General Raymond Odierno and Ambassador Christopher Hill, has refined and sustained an effective counterinsurgency and counterterrorism strategy that has enabled significant improvements in the security, governance, and rule of law throughout Iraq, and that these leaders should be commended for their integrity, resourcefulness, commitment, and sacrifice.
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Latest Action · August 5, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6908-6909)
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the U.S. counterinsurgency and counterterrorism strategies have successfully enabled the Iraqi government to reach major milestones in security, governance, and rule of law and have set the conditions for reducing U.S. combat units in Iraq and changing their mission to advising and assisting Iraqi Security Forces; (2) United States Forces-Iraq was instrumental in effecting the recruitment, training, retention, and employment of approximately 700,000 Iraqi Security Forces who have assumed and maintained the lead for security operations within Iraq; and (3) U.S. commanders, their troops, and their civilian partners should be commended for their ingenuity, resourcefulness, courage, commitment, sacrifice, dedication, and service.
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