    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2007, Book I)]
    [March 28, 2007]
    [Pages 357-358]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Somalia
    March 28, 2007

     Dear _____
        Consistent with section 1226 of the John Warner National Defense
    Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364) and in order
    to keep the Congress fully informed, I am providing a report prepared by
    my Administration on Somalia. This report on our comprehensive regional
    strategy toward Somalia includes information about our strategy in the
    Horn of Africa and the efforts we are undertaking to eliminate the
    terrorist threat and promote stability in Somalia.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Ike Skelton, chairman, and Duncan
    Hunter, ranking member, House Armed Services Committee; Tom Lantos,
    chairman, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, ranking member, House Committee on
    Foreign Affairs; Silvestre Reyes, chairman, and Peter Hoekstra, ranking
    member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Carl Levin,
    chairman, and John McCain, ranking member, Senate Committee on Armed
    Services; Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman, and Richard G. Lugar, ranking
    member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; and John D. Rockefeller
    IV, chairman, and Christopher S. Bond, ranking member, Senate Select
    Committee on Intelligence. This letter was released by the Office of the
    Press Secretary on March 29.

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