[House Document 115-30]
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115-30


 
  NOTIFICATION OF MISSILE STRIKES ON THE SHAYRAT MILITARY AIRFIELD IN 
                                 SYRIA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A LETTER REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IN SYRIA 
  ON APRIL 6, 2017, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1543(a); PUBLIC LAW 93-148, 
                       SEC. 4(a); (87 STAT. 555)

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   April 8, 2017.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, April 8, 2017.

Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: At approximately 8:40 p.m. Eastern 
Daylight Time on April 6, 2017, at my direction, United States 
military forces in the Mediterranean Sea, operating beyond the 
territorial sea of any state, struck the Shayrat military 
airfield in Syria. United States intelligence indicates that 
Syrian military forces operating from this airfield were 
responsible for the chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians 
in southern Idlib Province, Syria, that occurred on April 4. I 
directed this action in order to degrade the Syrian military's 
ability to conduct further chemical weapons attacks and to 
dissuade the Syrian regime from using or proliferating chemical 
weapons, thereby promoting the stability of the region and 
averting a worsening of the region's current humanitarian 
catastrophe.
    I acted in the vital national security and foreign policy 
interests of the United States, pursuant to my constitutional 
authority to conduct foreign relations and as Commander in 
Chief and Chief Executive. The United States will take 
additional action, as necessary and appropriate, to further its 
important national interests.
    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 this action.

            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.

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