Bill Text: IL HR0824 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Urges the President and Congress to begin an expedited withdrawal of military forces from Afghanistan, thus accelerating the current withdrawal plan set in place.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [HR0824 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0824-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Urges the President and Congress to begin an expedited withdrawal of military forces from Afghanistan, thus accelerating the current withdrawal plan set in place.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [HR0824 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0824-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The United States of America was attacked in a | ||||||
3 | well-coordinated operation by a group of terrorists on | ||||||
4 | September 11, 2001; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Almost 3,000 innocent men, women, and children | ||||||
6 | were killed as a result of the airplanes that were hijacked by | ||||||
7 | the terrorists and subsequently crashed into the World Trade | ||||||
8 | Center, the Pentagon, and an open field in Shanksville, | ||||||
9 | Pennsylvania; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The terrorists were proven to be members of the | ||||||
11 | terrorist organization known as al-Qaeda, which was lead by | ||||||
12 | Osama bin Laden; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The al-Qaeda terrorist organization had operated | ||||||
14 | for years from sanctuary locations based in Afghanistan; the | ||||||
15 | group conducted numerous acts of terror over the years against | ||||||
16 | U.S. targets both on the U.S. mainland and in other locations | ||||||
17 | throughout the world, which had been planned in those sanctuary | ||||||
18 | locations; and
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19 | WHEREAS, In order to disrupt and destroy the al-Qaeda | ||||||
20 | terrorist organization and capture or eliminate its leaders, it | ||||||
21 | was necessary to attack the organization's sanctuary bases; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In October of 2001, the United States military, | ||||||
2 | acting under orders issued by Commander-in-Chief President | ||||||
3 | George W. Bush, attacked al-Qaeda sanctuary bases in | ||||||
4 | Afghanistan in conjunction with local Afghan forces opposed to | ||||||
5 | the terrorist organization operating in their country; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The United States military, in the finest | ||||||
7 | traditions of America's fighting forces, had great success in | ||||||
8 | disrupting, dispersing, and destroying al-Qaeda operations and | ||||||
9 | eliminating many of its senior leaders; and
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10 | WHEREAS, President Barack Obama, succeeding President Bush | ||||||
11 | as Commander-in-Chief, did continue and strengthen the efforts | ||||||
12 | to completely destroy al-Qaeda; such efforts resulted in the | ||||||
13 | killing of Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, bringing | ||||||
14 | the world's leading terrorist to justice for the many acts of | ||||||
15 | murder which he and his organization carried out; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The United States, having joined forces with | ||||||
17 | nations from around the world, led an effort to stabilize | ||||||
18 | Afghanistan by supporting infrastructure projects beneficial | ||||||
19 | to all Afghans and by helping the Afghans understand the | ||||||
20 | positive benefits of equal rights for all, judicial due | ||||||
21 | process, and the rule of law; and
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1 | WHEREAS, After more than a decade of extended military | ||||||
2 | operations to enhance security and with contributions of | ||||||
3 | hundreds of billions of dollars of nation-building resources | ||||||
4 | having been put into the country to foster development, much | ||||||
5 | progress has been made toward the goals of a free and secure | ||||||
6 | society within Afghanistan; and
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7 | WHEREAS, While this progress has come at a high financial | ||||||
8 | cost, it has also cost the lives of more than 1,500 brave | ||||||
9 | Americans service members and dozens of fighting forces of | ||||||
10 | other nations, all of whom made the ultimate sacrifice in | ||||||
11 | service to their country; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Despite this progress, it appears from recent | ||||||
13 | events involving all the International Security Assistance | ||||||
14 | Forces (ISAF) that the presence of the United States military | ||||||
15 | and that of other countries, as well as the civilian | ||||||
16 | consultants that are working to help the Afghan people, has not | ||||||
17 | been accepted by a broad spectrum of the Afghanistan | ||||||
18 | population; and
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19 | WHEREAS, This lack of acceptance places all foreign | ||||||
20 | military and civilian consultant personnel in grave danger, | ||||||
21 | which results in an inability for those personnel to properly | ||||||
22 | conduct the types of operations in which they are engaged; and
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1 | WHEREAS, There is already in place a plan to withdraw most | ||||||
2 | forces from Afghanistan in the 2014 time frame; therefore, be | ||||||
3 | it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
5 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
6 | we urge the President and Congress to begin an expedited | ||||||
7 | withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan, thus accelerating the | ||||||
8 | current withdrawal plan set in place; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent | ||||||
10 | to the President, the Speaker of the United States House of | ||||||
11 | Representatives, and the President pro tempore of the United | ||||||
12 | States Senate.
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