Operation Assured Response was a
non-combatant evacuation operation in
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
carried out by
United States armed forces in 1996.
In April 1996, in response to skirmishes in
Monrovia between supporters of
Charles Talyor and
Roosevelt Johnson then
President of the United States Bill Clinton made an
executive order for United States armed forces to evacuate United States citizens and citizens not of Liberia. Clinton explained his executive order in a letter sent April 11, 1996 to then
Representatives House speaker Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U ...
.
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