S. 980-The Embassy Security and Personnel Protection Act of 2013

ISBN-13: 9781502577832 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 46 str.

Committee on Foreign Relations United St

Opis

The lessons we have learned from the tragedies in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, and Benghazi are emblematic of the broader issue we will increasingly face in the 21st century, and it will require our full, unequivocal, unwavering commitment to fully protect our embassies and those who serve this Nation abroad. We have studied what went wrong, we have looked back, and now it is time to look forward and do what needs to be done to prevent another tragedy in the future. After Benghazi, the ARB made 29 recommendations to State and to Congress. While we must do our part in overseeing State's implementation, we must also do our part to provide the resources and necessary authorizations to ensure full implementation. And we must make whatever investments are necessary to protect our embassies and our missions Such investments are not an extravagance; the ARB stated it clearly, "The solution requires a more serious and sustained commitment from Congress to support State Department needs, which, in total, constitute a small percentage both of the full national budget and that spent for national security."