[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 140 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 140

  Requesting the Secretary of Defense to remove members of the United 
          States Armed Forces from street patrol duty in Iraq.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2007

 Mr. Johnson of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Requesting the Secretary of Defense to remove members of the United 
          States Armed Forces from street patrol duty in Iraq.

Whereas the conflict in Iraq has become a civil war for which there is no 
        military solution;
Whereas members of the United States Armed Forces are targets for attacks by 
        insurgents in Iraq, and approximately 60 percent of Iraqis support such 
        attacks;
Whereas members of the Armed Forces are conducting street patrols in Iraq, which 
        has led to an increasingly high rate of casualties of members of the 
        Armed Forces;
Whereas the conduct of street patrols in Iraq should be the sole duty of trained 
        Iraqi troops;
Whereas members of the Armed Forces would be more effective if they were used to 
        fortify sensitive areas in Iraq, protect Iraqi Government officials, 
        entities, and functions, and respond to destabilizing emergencies 
        throughout Iraq; and
Whereas Iraqi politics and United States diplomacy, including dialogue with 
        Iran, Syria, and other countries in the region, are the only strategies 
        that can end the civil war in Iraq: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) requests the Secretary of Defense to remove members of 
        the United States Armed Forces from street patrol duty in Iraq 
        by not later than the end of the six-month period beginning on 
        the date of the adoption of this resolution, with the exception 
        of those members of the Armed Forces who are training Iraqi 
        troops to conduct street patrols in Iraq; and
            (2) requests the Secretary of Defense to ensure that 
        members of the Armed Forces who are taken off of street patrol 
        duty in Iraq are used to fortify sensitive areas in Iraq, 
        protect Iraqi Government officials, entities, and functions, 
        and respond to destabilizing emergencies throughout Iraq.
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