[House Document 113-125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-125

 
        ADDITIONAL DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN IRAQ

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 A NOTIFICATION OF FURTHER MEASURE IN RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION IN IRAQ




   June 26, 2014.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                          Washington, June 26, 2014
Hon. John Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: As I reported on June 16, 2014, U.S. 
Armed Forces personnel have deployed to Iraq to provide support 
and security for U.S. personnel and the U.S. Embassy in 
Baghdad.
    I have since ordered further measures in response to the 
situation in Iraq. Specifically, as I announced publicly on 
June 19, I have ordered increased intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance that is focused on the threat posed by the 
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). I also ordered up 
to approximately 300 additional U.S. Armed Forces personnel in 
Iraq to assess how we can best train, advise, and support Iraqi 
security forces and to establish joint operations centers with 
Iraqi security forces to share intelligence and coordinate 
planning to confront the threat posed by ISIL. Some of these 
personnel were already in Iraq as part of the U.S. Embassy's 
Office of Security Cooperation, and others began deploying into 
Iraq on June 24. These forces will remain in Iraq until the 
security situation becomes such that they are no longer needed.
    This action is being undertaken in coordination with the 
Government of Iraq and has been directed 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.