Sec. 1221. Drawdown of United States forces in Afghanistan
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It is the sense of the Senate that— the drawdown of United States forces in Afghanistan should be based on security conditions in Afghanistan and United States security interests in the region; and as the Afghan National Defense Security Forces develop security capabilities and capacity, an appropriate United States and international presence should continue, upon invitation by the Government of Afghanistan, to provide adequate capability and capacity to preserve gains made to date and continue counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan against terrorist organizations that can threaten United States interests or the United States homeland.
Not later than 10 days after the approval by the Secretary of Defense of orders to redeploy United States forces from Afghanistan in order to effect a reduction of the United States force presence in Afghanistan by a significant amount in accordance with plans approved by the President to drawdown United States forces in Afghanistan, the President shall certify to the congressional defense committees that the reduction of such force presence will result in an acceptable level of risk to United States national security objectives taking into consideration the security conditions on the ground.
For the purposes of this subsection, a significant amount in the reduction of the force presence of United States forces shall be a reduction by the lesser of— 1,000 or more troops; or the number of troops equal to 20 percent of the troops in Afghanistan at the time of the reduction. The President may waive the requirement for a certification under paragraph
(1)if the making of the certification would impede national security objectives of the United States. The President shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on each such waiver, including the national security objectives that would otherwise be impeded if not for the waiver.