[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2804]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 354--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE 
 UNITED STATES SHOULD LEAVE NO MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES UNACCOUNTED 
            FOR DURING THE DRAWDOWN OF FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN

  Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Casey) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services:

                              S. Res. 354

       Whereas the United States is a country of great honor and 
     integrity;
       Whereas the United States has made a sacred promise to 
     members of the Armed Forces who are deployed overseas in 
     defense of this country that their sacrifice and service will 
     never be forgotten; and
       Whereas the United States can never thank the proud members 
     of the Armed Forces enough for what they do for this country 
     on a daily basis: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) believes that the United States should undertake every 
     reasonable effort--
       (A) to find and repatriate members of the Armed Forces who 
     are missing; and
       (B) to repatriate members of the Armed Forces who are 
     captured;
       (2) believes that the United States has a responsibility to 
     keep the promises made to members of the Armed Forces who 
     risk their lives on a daily basis on behalf of the people of 
     the United States;
       (3) supports the United States Soldier's Creed and the 
     Warrior Ethos, which state that ``I will never leave a fallen 
     comrade''; and
       (4) believes that, while the United States continues to 
     transition leadership roles in combat operations in 
     Afghanistan to the people of Afghanistan, the United States 
     must continue to fulfill these important promises to any 
     member of the Armed Forces who is in a missing status or 
     captured as a result of service in Afghanistan now or in the 
     future.

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