[Peace-discuss] Feingold, McGovern, Jones Introduce Bill to End the War in Afghanistan

[Robert Naiman]

Yesterday, Senator Russ Feingold, Representative Jim McGovern, and
Representative Walter Jones announced the introduction of legislation
that - if it attracts enough support - could end the U.S. military
occupation of Afghanistan, and bring the troops home.

The key idea of the bill is straightforward. By January 1 - or within
3 months of the enactment of the bill, if that is earlier - the
President is required to submit to Congress a plan for the
redeployment of the U.S. military from Afghanistan, with a timetable
for doing so. After submitting the plan, the President has to update
Congress every 90 days on how the implementation of the plan is going.

The bill allows Members of Congress to sign their names in favor of
the all-important policy of having a timetable for military
withdrawal, without everyone having to agree on a specific proposal
for what the end date should be. Instead, it instructs President Obama
to tell us what he thinks the plan should be.

The importance of establishing a timetable for military withdrawal
cannot be overstated.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/feingold-mcgovern-jones-i_b_538635.html

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/04/15-2

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/4/15/9197/77565

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/549

http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/41152

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

6 minute video: highlights of the House Afghanistan debate
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/video/housedebate

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