Senate Resolution on Military Forces in Europe

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Senate Resolution on Military Forces in Europe

1. The Senate recognizes the long lived threat of conventional war in Europe has ended.

2. The Senate also recognizes the usefulness of European bases for deployment to other overseas theaters.

3. Therefore, the Senate urges the President to order our conventional forces in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Low Countries to return home to continental United States bases.

4. The Senate also resolves to work as a committee to study the future of military bases in Europe and to work towards the best deployment of forces to maintain our strategic deployment capabilities.
Sen. Jake

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Strike Section 3 and add the following:

Therefore, the Senate urges the President, in consultation with our NATO allies and the Secretary of Defense, to order the following units to redeploy to Continental United States bases:

a) First Infantry Division, and subsidiary units
b) First Armored Division, and subsidiary units
c) Third Air Force, and subsidiary units
d) V Corps HQ

and add a Section 4 between 3 and 4.

The Senate also urges the President, in consultation with the Pentagon, to provide for the maintenence of key bases and military equiptment in Europe.

The vote is on the above amendment.  Senators may vote Yea, Nay, or Abstain.