[House Document 113-39]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-39


 
                 COMBAT-EQUIPPED DETACHMENT DEPLOYMENT

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   A NOTIFICATION OF A DEPLOYMENT AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF A TRAINING 
               EXERCISE FOR A COMBAT-EQUIPPED DETACHMENT






   June 24, 2013.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, June 21, 2013.
Hon. John Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Certain U.S. forces recently deployed to 
Jordan solely to participate in a training exercise. This 
exercise ended on June 20, 2013. At the request of the 
Government of Jordan, a combat-equipped detachment of 
approximately 700 of these forces remained in Jordan after the 
conclusion of the exercise to join other U.S. forces already in 
Jordan.
    This detachment that participated in the exercise and 
remained in Jordan includes Patriot missile systems, fighter 
aircraft, and related support, command, control, and 
communications personnel and systems. The detachment will 
remain in Jordan, in full coordination with the Government of 
Jordan, until the security situation becomes such that it is no 
longer needed.
    The deployment of this detachment has been directed in 
furtherance of U.S. national security and foreign policy 
interests, including the important national interests in 
supporting the security of Jordan and promoting regional 
stability, 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.