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WASHINGTON \u2015 Congress is readying proposals to rebuke President Donald Trump\u2019s plans to pull about 10,000 U.S. troops from Germany<\/a> amid dissatisfaction with the administration\u2019s rationale for the move and concerns it will weaken NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Trump confirmed rumored plans to draw down American military personnel levels in Germany in the coming months, a bipartisan group of senators led by Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney proposed an amendment to the Senate\u2019s version of the annual defense policy bill that would freeze troop numbers in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., said separately Tuesday that the plan seemed strategically unsound and that Congress should block the administration until it makes its case. Legislative action is likely in the House on Wednesday when Smith\u2019s panel marks up the HASC version of the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is possible that there is a scenario where repositioning troops out of Germany is in our national security interests. The president has not made that case to date, the [Department of Defense] has not made that case to date, and the president is doing it in a very haphazard manner,\u201d Smith told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to know what they\u2019re talking about, and it\u2019s appropriate for the moment to say: \u2018Yeah, hold up until we know where you\u2019re going and what you\u2019re doing on this.’ We don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump said during an Oval Office meeting last week with Polish leader Andrzej Duda that the U.S. plans to move some troops from Germany to Poland, and that some troops \u201cwill be coming home.\u201d He repeated accusations that Germany has been \u201cdelinquent<\/a> in their payments\u201d to the NATO security alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Trump did not disclose the troop numbers involved, White House national security adviser Robert O\u2019Brien said in a Wall Street Journal essay this month that the U.S. will reduce its permanently stationed force in Germany from 34,500 troops to 25,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Cold War practice of garrisoning large numbers of troops with their families on massive bases in places like Germany is now, in part, obsolete,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon has said it is working options with U.S. European Command to meet Trump\u2019s directive. Based on the U.S. agreement with Poland<\/a>, the U.S. will add a division headquarters, a combat training center, an unmanned aircraft squadron and structure to support an Army brigade that could rotate in and out of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A group of US Army soldiers take part in a yearly military parade celebrating the Polish Army Day in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Poland marks Army Day with a parade and a call for US permanent military base in Poland. (AP Photo\/Alik Keplicz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An amendment in the House Armed Serviced Committee to counter that move is likely, according to the top Republican on the panel, Rep. Mac Thornberry of Texas. He\u2019s among a bipartisan group of lawmakers who have expressed concern and deep skepticism about the drawdown plans, which would \u201cbenefit the Russians,\u201d \u201cdisillusion our allies\u201d and create a logistical headache for the DoD, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s totally unrealistic that you would take thousands of people out of Europe by Sept. 30. Where would you put them? Where\u2019s the housing?\u201d Thornberry told reporters separately on Monday. \u201cPart of the reason I was so concerned about this is I think this idea or this plan \u2015 such as it is \u2015 came from a couple of people in the White House with input really from DoD.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has to be some tie to strategy and our national interest, not issues of personality and so forth,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we will do something [at the HASC markup], and hopefully cooler heads are prevailing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Romney amendment would prevent funds from being used to reduce the number of troops serving in Germany below 34,500 until the defense secretary verifies for Congress the move would not harm NATO, U.S. military operations or military families. There would also have to be assurances the administration consulted allies and that relocating troops would not result in significant costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romney\u2019s co-sponsors include Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Chris Coons, D-Del.; Tim Kaine, D-Va.; and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the Senate began debate on the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act this week, it\u2019s unclear whether the amendment will receive Senate floor consideration. It\u2019s one of hundreds that have been offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the co-sponsors are cautioning the move would weaken NATO and conflict with U.S. national security interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany would be a gift to Russia, and that\u2019s the last thing we should be doing,\u201d Romney said in a statement. \u201cWe cannot abandon our commitment to our allies, and instead must strengthen our alliances in order to reign in the world\u2019s bad actors and promote the values of freedom and democracy around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe administration\u2019s withdrawal plans would inflict lasting damage to our transatlantic relations and harms our national security,\u201d Shaheen said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m proud to support this bipartisan amendment and hope that the Senate takes this opportunity to send a resounding message to the administration and our allies alike that the United States stands firmly with our allies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leo Shane III of Military Times, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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