[House Document 108-167]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

108th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-167

 
                  AN ADDITIONAL REPORT CONSISTENT WITH

                       THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  AN ADDITIONAL REPORT, CONSISTENT WITH THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION, TO 
 HELP ENSURE THAT THE CONGRESS IS KEPT FULLY INFORMED ON U.S. MILITARY 
            ACTIVITIES IN HAITI, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 93-148




 March 3, 2004.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, March 2, 2004.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: In my report to the Congress of February 
25, 2004, I provided information on the deployment of combat-
equipped U.S. Armed Forces to Haiti. I am providing this 
additional report, consistent with the War Powers Resolution, 
to help ensure that the Congress is kept fully informed on U.S. 
military activities in Haiti.
    On February 29, 2004, approximately 200 additional U.S. 
combat-equipped, military personnel from the U.S. Joint Forces 
Command deployed to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to secure key 
facilities, to facilitate the continued repatriation of Haitian 
migrants, to help create conditions in the capital for the 
anticipated arrival of the Multinational Interim Force, to 
protect American citizens as may be required, and for other 
purposes consistent with United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1529 (2004). I anticipate additional combat-equipped 
military personnel will be deployed to Haiti until the 
situation in Haiti stabilizes. The forces that the United 
States deployed and continues to deploy will be part of the 
Multinational Interim Force.
    The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted 
Resolution 1529 on February 29, 2004. It authorized the 
deployment of a Multinational Interim Force to contribute to a 
more secure and more stable environment in the Haitian capital 
and elsewhere, to facilitate the provision of humanitarian 
assistance and the access of humanitarian aid workers to the 
Haitian people, and for other purposes.
    It is anticipated U.S. forces will redeploy when the 
Multinational Interim Force has transitioned to a follow-on 
United Nations stabilization force.
    I have taken this action 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 informed, consistent with 
the War Powers Resolution.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.

                                
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