Trump admin considers giving up NATO command that has been exclusively American since Eisenhower

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10. As PortTack noted - there was a law passed by Congress explicitly requiring approval

Under a 2023 law, a president can’t unilaterally withdraw from the alliance without a two-thirds supermajority in the Senate or an act of Congress.

This was the bill that was inserted in the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) back in late 2023 -

S.J.Res.37 - A joint resolution requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes.

Here is the NDAA (for FY24) -

H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

In part, what was inserted in the above -

SEC. 1250A. LIMITATION ON WITHDRAWAL FROM
THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY
ORGANIZATION.

(a) Opposition of Congress to Suspension, Termination, Denunciation,
or Withdrawal From North Atlantic Treaty.--The President shall not
suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the
North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington, DC, April 4, 1949, except by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided that two-thirds
of the Senators present concur, or pursuant to an Act of Congress.
(b) Limitation on the Use of Funds.--No funds authorized or
appropriated by any Act may be used to support, directly or indirectly,
any decision on the part of any United States Government official to
suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the
North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington,

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