H. Res. 833 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
November 7, 2009. 
Whereas the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan achieved inde-
pendence on May 25, 1946; 
Whereas the United States recognized Jordan as an inde-
pendent state in a White House announcement on Janu-
ary 31, 1949; 
Whereas diplomatic relations and the American Legation in 
Jordan were established on February 18, 1949, when 
United States diplomat Wells Stabler presented his cre-
dentials as Charge´ d’Affaires in Amman; 
Whereas for 60 years, the United States and Jordan have en-
joyed a close relationship. spanning a gamut of issues 
from the search for peace in the Middle East, the socio-
economic development of the Jordanian people, and the 
threat to both posed by al Qaeda and other foreign ter-
rorist organizations; 
Whereas King Hussein charted a moderate path for his coun-
try during his many years on the throne; 
Whereas the United States has been Jordan’s strongest inter-
national partner for over 50 years; 
Whereas throughout his reign, King Hussein looked for op-
portunities to realize his dream of a more peaceful Mid-
dle East by working to solve intra-Arab disputes and en-
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gaging with successive Israeli Prime Ministers in the 
search for peace; 
Whereas King Hussein and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak 
Rabin signed the historic Jordan-Israel peace treaty in 
1994, ending nearly 50 years of a formal state of war be-
tween the neighboring countries; 
Whereas the United States lost a close friend and a crucial 
partner when King Hussein passed away in 1999; 
Whereas King Hussein was succeeded by his son, King 
Abdullah II, who has continued his father’s work to im-
prove the lives of the Jordanian people while also seeking 
to bring peace to the region; 
Whereas in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, ter-
rorist attacks, Jordan has been an instrumental partner 
in the fight against al Qaeda, has provided crucial assist-
ance in Iraq, and has coped with the responsibility of 
hosting more than a half-million Iraqi refugees, a total 
equal to roughly 10 percent of Jordan’s population; 
Whereas King Abdullah II has been a leading Arab voice in 
trying to reaffirm that, as stated in his 2004 Amman 
Message, ‘‘True Islam forbids wanton aggression and ter-
rorism, [and] enjoins freedom of religion, peace, justice 
and good-will to non-Muslims.’’; 
Whereas in November 2005, al Qaeda terrorists struck three 
hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing 60 individuals—includ-
ing four Americans—and wounding 115, and uniting the 
people of Jordan and the United States in grief; and 
Whereas King Abdullah II begins his second decade on the 
Jordanian throne by redoubling his efforts for peace in 
the region as the Jordan-United States partnership en-
ters its seventh decade: Now, therefore, be it
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commemorates the 60th anniversary of the close 
relationship between the United States and the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; 
(2) expresses its profound admiration and gratitude 
for the friendship of the Jordanian people; 
(3) congratulates His Majesty King Abdullah II on 
10 years of enlightened and progressive rule; and 
(4) shares the hope of His Majesty King Abdullah 
II and the Jordanian people for a more peaceful and free 
Middle East. 
Attest: 
Clerk.