Protecting Troops from Insider Threats
In Afghanistan, our troops have been doing incredible work in preparing their Afghan partners to take responsibility for their own security. However, an outbreak of attacks by Afghan National Security Forces personnel killed a number of U.S. troops and undermined the trust necessary to accomplish their joint mission. In order to protect our men and women in uniform, we must understand the nature of the threat and take immediate steps to prevent future attacks. That's why I joined with Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) to introduce an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 that requires the Department of Defense to provide Congress with their strategy for stopping these so-called "green-on-blue" attacks. Our amendment was included in the final version of the NDAA signed by President Obama.
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