,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #gch  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#ai1 #bjah ,mr4 ,graham 7for himself1   
,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mrs4     
,ernst1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4   
,corker1 and ,mr4 ,reed7 submitted the  
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
the sense of the ,senate that the       
,united ,states should continue its     
limited military activities within      
,syria and that ending such activities  
at this time would embolden ,,isis1     
,bashar al-,assad1 ,iran1 and ,russia   
and put our ,kurdish allies in great    
jeopardy4  ,whereas ,,isis has been     
dealt a serious blow in ,iraq and ,syria
 and is substantially damaged but not   
yet defeated2 ,whereas the ,united      
,states has a limited military presence 
in ,syria with approximately #b1jjj     
troops who serve as an insurance policy 
against future threats2 ,whereas a      

precipitous withdrawal of ,united       
,states ,armed ,forces from ,syria will 
embolden radical jihadist groups in     
,syria and in the region2 ,whereas it is
 in the vital national interest of the  
,united ,states to continue to support  
partners1 such as the ,kurds1 in ,syria 
and other locations in the ,global ,war 
on ,terror2 ,whereas a ,united ,states  
withdrawal will embolden the brutal     
dictatorship of ,bashar al-,assad and   
bring more suffering to the people of   
,syria and the region2 ,whereas a       
precipitous withdrawal of ,united       
,states ,armed ,forces from ,syria could
 lead to the release of hundreds of     
foreign terrorists currently detained by
 the ,syrian ,democratic ,forces2 and   
,whereas it is in the national security 
interest of the ,united ,states to      
counter ,iran's and ,russia's influence 
in ,syria and throughout the region3    
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the       
,senate-- 7#a7 calls on the ,president  
to reconsider his decision to withdraw  

,united ,states ,armed ,forces from     
,syria at this time2 and  7#b7 urges any
 future decision to withdraw ,united    
,states ,armed ,forces from ,syria to be
 the result of a robust interagency     
process and to be conditions-based4