[House Document 113-138]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-138

 
                 A LETTER ON U.S. ARMED FORCES IN LIBYA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A REPORT ON ARMED FORCES SUPPORT TO THE SECURITY OF THE U.S. PERSONNEL 
                                IN LIBYA




   July 28, 2014.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 27, 2014.
Hon. John A. Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: As I most recently reported on June 12, 
2014, U.S. Armed Forces have been in Libya to support the 
security of U.S. personnel in that country. During the period 
July 25-26, due to ongoing violence resulting from clashes 
between Libyan militias in the immediate vicinity of the U.S. 
Embassy in Tripoli, embassy personnel and the U.S. forces 
supporting their security were temporarily relocated outside 
Libya. The U.S. forces departed Libya, via Tunisia, for U.S. 
bases in Europe. To support the safe departure of the embassy 
staff from Libya over land through Tunisia, U.S. military 
aircraft and additional military personnel entered Libya and 
Tunisia; those forces have also returned to bases in Europe.
    This action 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.

                                  
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