S.Amdt. 3731

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   Inserted: SENSE OF SENATE ON IRAQ

   Inserted: Sec. 1312. (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) No community in Iraq was spared from Saddam's campaign of repression and division.

   Inserted: (2) Liberation has brought its own challenges. Saddam's removal from power was the essential first step in restoring stability, freedom, and sovereignty for the Iraqi people.

   Inserted: (3) Iraq is a nation with many ethnic, religious, sectarian, regional, and tribal divisions, and before Saddam Hussein, Iraqis from three different backgrounds were able to live and work together.

   Inserted: (4) The terrorists and insurgents are unable to stop Iraq's march toward freedom, democracy, and economic security.

   Inserted: (5) The Iraqi Council of Representatives' approval on April 22, 2006, of the Presidency Council consisting of Jalal Talabani as President and two Deputy Presidents, and the election of a Speaker and two Deputy Speakers is a significant step forward, as is the decision by the Iraqi political leadership to select Jawad al-Maliki as the Prime Minister designate.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate--

   Inserted: (1) that Iraq has crossed another major milestone in its march toward freedom, democracy, and stability with the establishment of its first permanent democratically elected government that will chart the course for Iraq's future in a way denied to previous generations of Iraqis;

   Inserted: (2) to commend Iraq's new national leaders on their selection, and the Iraqi people, for another important milestone in their democratic evolution;

   Inserted: (3) to strongly encourage Iraq's leaders to seize this pivotal moment to--

   Inserted: (A) complete the formation of a government of national unity and expand support for the Iraq Constitution through amendments to the Iraq Constitution, implementing legislation that enjoys widespread support among all major parliamentary blocs, or both;

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   Inserted: (B) pursue policies and actions that will defeat terrorists and insurgents, and promote stability;

   Inserted: (C) strengthen the economy, rebuild infrastructure, and provide jobs;

   Inserted: (D) select cabinet officials who reflect the diversity of the Iraqi people and who can deliver services to the Iraqi people and manage their ministries effectively and efficiently;

   Inserted: (E) form a national security council to improve government coordination on these and other difficult issues;

   Inserted: (F) ensure there is no place in a free and democratic Iraq for armed groups operating outside of the law;

   Inserted: (G) find and remove any local or national police leaders showing evidence of militia loyalties; and

   Inserted: (H) address critical issues such as the process known as de-Ba'athification, the operation of security ministries, and the distribution of oil revenues in a spirit of national unity;

   Inserted: (4) to acknowledge that progress is being made in Iraq and look to the Iraqi government to come to political solutions in a timely, evenhanded and inexorable manner;

   Inserted: (5) to recognize the magnificent performance of the United States Armed Forces and the coalition partners, and United States Government officials from many departments and agencies, as well as the sacrifices of their families at home; and

   Inserted: (6) to always honor the conduct and valor of those who have given life or limb in this noble mission and the families and loved ones who support them.

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