A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress classified dissent cables relating to the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
S 1583 requires the Secretary of State to submit to Congress any classified State Department cables expressing dissent about the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan within 30 days of the bill's enactment. It also mandates that the Secretary publicly release unclassified versions of these cables within 60 days, while redacting all personally identifiable information about the cable authors. This bill directly affects the Secretary of State, Congress, and the public by establishing a timeline for transparency regarding internal government disagreements on the Afghanistan withdrawal. The key mechanism is the mandatory submission and public release of dissenting cables, with protections for author privacy.
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May 2023
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Introduced May 11, 2023
Last action May 11, 2023
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May 11, 2023
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1629)
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May 11, 2023
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
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John Thune
RRepublican
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Bill Cassidy
RRepublican
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Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
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Deb Fischer
RRepublican
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James E. Risch
RRepublican
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John Hoeven
RRepublican
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John Kennedy
RRepublican
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Josh Hawley
RRepublican
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Kevin Cramer
RRepublican
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Lindsey Graham
RRepublican
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Marco Rubio
RRepublican
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