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.
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF DISSENT CABLES RELATING TO 
              WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM 
              AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) Submission of Classified Dissent Cables to Congress.--Not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to Congress any classified Department of State 
cable or memo that expresses a dissenting recommendation or opinion 
with respect to the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from 
Afghanistan.
    (b) Public Availability of Unclassified Dissent Cables.--Not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall make available to the public an unclassified version of 
any such cable or memo.
    (c) Protection of Personally Identifiable Information.--The name 
and any other personally identifiable information of an author of a 
cable or memo referred to in subsection (a) shall be redacted before 
submission under that subsection or publication under subsection (b).
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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.
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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Official Title as Introduced
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.
Sen. Thune, John