[House Document 114-152]
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114th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-152
 
       DEPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL U.S. ARMED FORCES TO SOUTH SUDAN

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                             COMMUNICATION

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

    A NOTIFICATION OF A DEPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL U.S. ARMED FORCES 
PERSONNEL TO SOUTH SUDAN, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1543(c); PUBLIC LAW 93-
                     148, SEC. 4(c); (87 STAT. 555)

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   July 18, 2016.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
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                         U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

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                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 15, 2016.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: As reported on July 13, in response to 
the security situation in South Sudan, I ordered the deployment 
of additional U.S. Armed Forces personnel to South Sudan to 
support the security of U.S. personnel and of our Embassy in 
Juba and the pre-positioning in Djibouti of additional U.S. 
Armed Forces prepared to support the security of U.S. citizens 
and property in South Sudan. Beginning on July 14, 2016, up to 
approximately 200 U.S. Armed Forces with appropriate combat 
equipment, including those forces initially pre-positioned in 
Djibouti, are pre-positioning in Uganda for this purpose.
    It is not possible to know at this time the precise scope 
or the duration of the deployments of U.S. Armed Forces 
necessary to support the security of U.S. citizens and property 
in South Sudan.
    I have directed this action consistent with my 
responsibility to protect U.S. citizens both at home and 
abroad, and in furtherance of U.S. national security and 
foreign policy interests, pursuant to my constitutional 
authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as Commander in 
Chief and Chief Executive.
    I am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep 
the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers 
Resolution (Public Law 93-148). I appreciate the support of the 
Congress in these actions.

            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.

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