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.
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To President
Became law
May 11, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1629)
May 11, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Department of State to (1) submit to Congress any classified State Department cables or memos that express a dissenting opinion relating to the withdrawal of the U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan, and (2) make publicly available unclassified versions of such cables and memos.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1629)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1583: 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.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1583/
"S. 1583: 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.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1583/.
S. 1583, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1583/.
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