[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 13 (Monday, April 2, 2007)]
[Page 387]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Somalia

March 28, 2007

 Dear _____ <ratio>

    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.