[House Document 118-29]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-29

 
           DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES TO SUDAN

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 A NOTIFICATION THAT UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES CONDUCTED AN OPERATION 
TO EVACUATE UNITED STATES PERSONNEL AND OTHERS FROM KHARTOUM, SUDAN, IN 
RESPONSE TO THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN SUDAN, PURSUANT TO 
   50 U.S.C. 1543(a)(3); PUBLIC LAW 93-148, SEC. 4(a); (87 STAT. 555)




   April 24, 2023.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, April 23, 2023.
Hon. Kevin McCarthy,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: At my direction, United States Armed 
Forces personnel have conducted an operation to evacuate United 
States personnel and others from Khartoum, Sudan, in response 
to the deteriorating security situation in Sudan. To conduct 
and support this operation, United States Armed Forces 
personnel with appropriate combat equipment deployed to 
Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Sudan. United States Armed Forces 
personnel will remain deployed in Djibouti to protect United 
States personnel and others until the security situation no 
longer requires their presence, and additional forces are 
prepared to deploy to the region if required.
    I directed this action consistent with my responsibility to 
protect United States citizens both at home and abroad and in 
furtherance of United States national security and foreign 
policy interests, pursuant to my constitutional authority as 
Commander in Chief and Chief Executive and to conduct United 
States foreign relations.
    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,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.