Rodney Frelinghuysen: “The Iraqi Security Forces Fund is required to enable the Iraqi Security Forces to reach minimum essential capabilities.…”

“The Iraqi Security Forces Fund is required to enable the Iraqi Security Forces to reach minimum essential capabilities. These capabilities will allow those forces to maintain internal security with police forces in the lead and defense forces in support while building foundational capabilities for the Iraqi military forces to provide external defense prior to U.S. forces' departure on 31 December 2011. This is our Nation's commitment, our President's commitment, our Commander-in-Chief's commitment. It is a bipartisan commitment. It is more than just this majority's commitment to see the departure of our U.S. forces in that time frame. This Iraqi Security Forces Fund funds the following five categories: Equipment purchases and transportation of equipment, weapons, ammunition, vehicles, communications gear and spare parts; Infrastructure projects such as construction and improvements of police stations, military bases, training centers, maintenance facilities, and border enforcement facilities, among other infrastructure; Training and operations projects and programs such as training school and maintenance facilities, vehicles for training centers, and training of security forces; Sustainment of security forces through maintenance programs, human resources, information management systems, support service, and medical services; Other activities such as detainee operations, disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration.”