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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Jun 27, 2016
Recognizes the men and women who have served to safeguard the freedom and security of the United States and the transatlantic alliance.
Encourages alliance members at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Warsaw Summit to promote unity and ensure a robust security posture in the face of the complex and changing security environment confronting NATO.
Urges all NATO members to invest at least 2% of GDP in defense spending and carry an equitable burden in supporting NATO's resource requirements and defense capabilities, including an increased forward defense posture in NATO frontline states.
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Reaffirms the Senate's commitment to NATO's collective security.
Welcomes the progress of NATO's ballistic missile defense mission and the achievement of recent U.S. milestones in this area through the partnership of allies, including Romania and Poland.
Recognizes:
Georgia's troop contributions to missions abroad and its ongoing efforts to strengthen its democratic and military institutions for NATO accession; and
the ongoing work of NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan and the significant commitment NATO allies and coalition partners have dedicated to Afghanistan since 2001, including the 1,134 troops who have lost their lives.
People & committees
Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] · R–TN
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Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4836-4837; text as passed Senate: CR S4836-4837; text as reported in Senate: CR S4836)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4836-4837; text as passed Senate: CR S4836-4837; text as reported in Senate: CR S4836)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 529.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with amendments and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with amendments and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4413-4414)
Introduced in Senate
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