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[House Document 116-5]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

116th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-5
 
           DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES TO GABON

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A NOTIFICATION OF A DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL 
  TO LIBREVILLE, GABON, TO BE IN POSITION TO SUPPORT THE SECURITY OF 
    UNITED STATES CITIZENS, PERSONNEL, AND DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES IN 
   KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
         1543(a); PUBLIC LAW 93-148, SEC. 4(a); (87 STAT. 555)

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  January 8, 2019.--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, January 4, 2019.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: United States Armed Forces personnel 
have deployed to Libreville, Gabon, to be in position to 
support the security of United States citizens, personnel, and 
diplomatic facilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the 
Congo. This deployment of approximately 80 personnel is in 
response to the possibility that violent demonstrations may 
occur in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in reaction to 
the December 30, 2018, elections there. The first of these 
personnel arrived in Gabon on January 2, 2019, with appropriate 
combat equipment and supported by military aircraft. Additional 
forces may deploy to Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, or the Republic of the Congo, if necessary for these 
purposes. These deployed personnel will remain in the region 
until the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo becomes such that their presence is no longer needed.
    This action was taken consistent with my responsibility to 
protect United States citizens both at home and abroad, and in 
furtherance of United States national security and foreign 
policy interests, pursuant to my constitutional authority to 
conduct United States 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,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.

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