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Date	President	Location	Purpose/Mission	Domestic Legal Authority	WPR Report Trigger
04/04/1975	Ford	South Vietnam	Humanitarian	Const. (Art. II) and Statute	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Consent of territorial state	Nation-state	Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels	Scope/duration specified	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
04/12/1975	Ford	Cambodia	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Nation-state	Air operations Use of ground forces	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Unknown
05/15/1975	Ford	Cambodia	Rescue/Hostage recovery	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels	Scope/duration specified	No	Unknown	Unknown
04/26/1980	Carter	Iran	Rescue/Hostage recovery	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations Use of ground forces	Scope/duration specified	No	Yes	No
03/19/1982	Reagan	Israel, Egypt	Stabilization	Const. (Art. II) and Statute	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Consent of territorial state	Other	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
04/30/1975	Ford	South Vietnam	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1)), Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Nation-state	Air operations Use of ground forces	Scope/duration specified	No	Yes	Unknown
09/29/1982	Reagan	Lebanon	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Consent of territorial state	Other	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
08/24/1982	Reagan	Lebanon	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Use of ground forces	Scope/duration specified	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
08/30/1983	Reagan	Lebanon	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Yes	Unknown
08/08/1983	Reagan	Chad	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Consent of territorial state	Nation-state	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
10/25/1983	Reagan	Grenada	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Other	Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
03/26/1986	Reagan	Gulf of Sidra	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Unknown
04/16/1986	Reagan	Libya	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels	Scope/duration specified	No	Unknown	Unknown
09/24/1987	Reagan	Persian Gulf	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Yes
10/10/1987	Reagan	Persian Gulf	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Yes
10/20/1987	Reagan	Persian Gulf	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Use of naval forces/vessels	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Unknown
04/19/1988	Reagan	Persian Gulf	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Use of naval forces/vessels Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Yes	Yes
07/04/1988	Reagan	Persian Gulf	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Use of naval forces/vessels	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Yes
07/14/1988	Reagan	Persian Gulf	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Unknown
12/02/1989	H.W. Bush	Philippines	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1)), Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor Embassy protection	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	No	Unknown
12/21/1989	H.W. Bush	Panama	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1)), Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Self-Defense Consent of territorial state	Nation-state	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
08/06/1990	H.W. Bush	Liberia	Protect US citizens, property	None provided	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	No	No
08/09/1990	H.W. Bush	Saudi Arabia, Iraq	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	No	No
11/16/1990	H.W. Bush	Persian Gulf	Respond to threat	None provided	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	No	No
01/18/1991	H.W. Bush	Iraq, Kuwait	Respond to threat	Const. (Art. II) and Statute	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Other	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
12/10/1992	H.W. Bush	Somalia	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Other	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
04/13/1993	Clinton	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1)), Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	No	Unknown
06/28/1993	Clinton	Iraq	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Use of naval forces/vessels	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Yes
07/09/1993	Clinton	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Use of ground forces	None provided	Yes	No	Unknown
10/20/1993	Clinton	Haiti	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Use of naval forces/vessels	None provided	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
02/17/1994	Clinton	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Air operations	None provided	Yes	No	Unknown
04/12/1994	Clinton	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	No	Unknown
04/12/1994	Clinton	Burundi	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Air operations Use of ground forces	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Unknown
03/01/1994	Clinton	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
04/19/1994	Clinton	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Use of ground forces	None provided	Yes	No	Unknown
08/01/1994	Clinton	Rwanda	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Other	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
08/22/1994	Clinton	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	Yes	No	Unknown
09/21/1994	Clinton	Haiti	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	No	Unknown
11/22/1994	Clinton	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1)), Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	Yes	No	Unknown
03/01/1995	Clinton	Somalia	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Other	Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
09/01/1995	Clinton	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	No	Unknown
12/06/1995	Clinton	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Italy	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2)), Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Unknown	Other	Use of ground forces	None provided	Yes	No	Unknown
12/21/1995	Clinton	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Italy	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	UN Security Council authorization	Other	Use of ground forces Use of naval forces/vessels Air operations	Scope/duration specified	Yes	Yes	Unknown
04/11/1996	Clinton	Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1)), Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	No	Unknown
05/20/1996	Clinton	Liberia	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Yes	Yes
05/23/1996	Clinton	Central African Republic	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
12/02/1996	Clinton	Rwanda, Republic of Zaire, Uganda	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Other	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
03/15/1997	Clinton	Albania	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals Embassy protection	Air operations Use of ground forces Use of naval forces/vessels	Scope/duration specified	No	Unknown	Unknown
05/30/1997	Clinton	Sierra Leone	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals Embassy protection	Use of ground forces Use of naval forces/vessels Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
07/11/1997	Clinton	Thailand	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Use of ground forces Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
06/12/1998	Clinton	Senegal	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
08/10/1998	Clinton	Kenya, Tanzania	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Non-state actor	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
08/18/1998	Clinton	Albania	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
08/21/1998	Clinton	Afghanistan, Sudan (Pre-Separation)	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Unknown
09/29/1998	Clinton	Liberia, Sierra Leone	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	No	No
03/26/1999	Clinton	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1)), Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Nation-state	Use of naval forces/vessels Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
04/07/1999	Clinton	Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2)), Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Unknown	Nation-state	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
05/25/1999	Clinton	Albania	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1)), Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Unknown	Nation-state	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
06/12/1999	Clinton	Kosovo	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
10/08/1999	Clinton	East Timor, Indonesia	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Use of naval forces/vessels Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	No	No
02/25/2000	Clinton	East Timor	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Use of naval forces/vessels Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	No	No
05/12/2000	Clinton	Sierra Leone	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	UN Security Council authorization	Non-state actor	Use of naval forces/vessels Air operations	None provided	Yes	No	No
10/14/2000	Clinton	Yemen	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Non-state actor	Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	No	No
09/24/2001	W. Bush	Central and Pacific Command	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Non-state actor	Unknown	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
10/09/2001	W. Bush	Afghanistan	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor Nation-state	Unknown	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
09/26/2002	W. Bush	Cote d'Ivoire	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
03/21/2003	W. Bush	Iraq	Respond to threat	Const. (Art. II) and Statute	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Unknown	Nation-state	Other	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
06/09/2003	W. Bush	Liberia, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
08/13/2003	W. Bush	Liberia	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	UN Security Council authorization	Other	Use of ground forces Use of naval forces/vessels	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
02/25/2004	W. Bush	Haiti	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
03/02/2004	W. Bush	Haiti	Stabilization	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	UN Security Council authorization	Other	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
07/18/2006	W. Bush	Lebanon	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
03/21/2011	Obama	Libya	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	UN Security Council authorization	Nation-state	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	No	Unknown
10/14/2011	Obama	Uganda, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
01/26/2012	Obama	Somalia	Rescue/Hostage recovery	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Non-state actor	Use of ground forces	Scope/duration specified	No	Unknown	Unknown
09/14/2012	Obama	Libya, Yemen	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
12/29/2012	Obama	Central African Republic, Chad	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
01/13/2013	Obama	Somalia	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
02/22/2013	Obama	Niger	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Consent of territorial state	Other	Use of ground forces	None provided	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
06/21/2013	Obama	Jordan	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Consent of territorial state	Other	Use of ground forces Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
12/19/2013	Obama	South Sudan	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
12/22/2013	Obama	South Sudan	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	No	No
03/25/2014	Obama	South Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
05/21/2014	Obama	Chad	Rescue/Hostage recovery	Constitution (Art. II)	Unknown	Unknown	Non-state actor	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
06/16/2014	Obama	Iraq	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
06/26/2014	Obama	Iraq	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Use of ground forces Support to other activities	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
06/30/2014	Obama	Iraq	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces Support to other activities Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
08/08/2014	Obama	Iraq	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
08/17/2014	Obama	Iraq	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
09/01/2014	Obama	Iraq	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
09/05/2014	Obama	Iraq	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
09/08/2014	Obama	Iraq	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
09/11/2014	Obama	Central African Republic	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
09/23/2014	Obama	Syria	Respond to threat	Const. (Art. II) and Statute	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor	Air operations	None provided	No	Unknown	Unknown
09/23/2014	Obama	Syria, Iraq	Respond to threat	Const. (Art. II) and Statute	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1)), Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
10/14/2015	Obama	Cameroon	Other	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Consent of territorial state	Other	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
07/13/2016	Obama	South Sudan	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
07/15/2016	Obama	Uganda	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	No	No
10/14/2016	Obama	Yemen	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense Consent of territorial state	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Unknown
04/08/2017	Trump	Syria	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Unknown	Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Unknown	Unknown
04/15/2018	Trump	Syria	Humanitarian	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Unknown	Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
01/04/2019	Trump	Gabon	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Non-state actor Embassy protection	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
11/19/2019	Trump	Saudi Arabia	Advise/Assist	Constitution (Art. II)	Substantial enlargement (WPR §4(a)(3))	Unknown	Nation-state	Air operations Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
07/27/2014	Obama	Libya, Tunisia	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Air operations Use of ground forces	Scope/duration specified	No	Unknown	Unknown
03/27/1997	Clinton	Gabon, Republic of the Congo	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
11/01/2020	Trump	Nigeria	Rescue/Hostage recovery	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Use of ground forces	Scope/duration specified	No	No	Unknown
02/27/2021	Biden	Syria	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Yes	Unknown
06/29/2021	Biden	Syria, Iraq	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Unknown	Unknown
08/25/2022	Biden	Syria	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Unknown	Unknown
03/25/2023	Biden	Syria	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Yes	Unknown
04/23/2023	Biden	Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan	Evacuation	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Rescue/Evacuation of nationals	Unknown	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
10/27/2023	Biden	Syria	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Yes	Unknown
11/10/2023	Biden	Syria	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Unknown	Unknown
11/14/2023	Biden	Syria	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Unknown	Unknown
11/22/2023	Biden	Iraq	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Yes	Unknown
02/04/2024	Biden	Iraq, Syria	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II), Statute	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor Nation-state	Air operations	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Yes	Yes
01/25/2024	Biden	Iraq	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II), Statute	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor Nation-state	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Yes	Yes
01/24/2024	Biden	Yemen	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
01/12/2024	Biden	Yemen	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
12/27/2023	Biden	Iraq	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Nation-state Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	No	Yes	Unknown
01/05/2024	Biden	Unknown	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II), Statute	Unknown	Self-Defense	Unknown	Unknown	None provided	No	Unknown	Unknown
02/26/2024	Biden	Yemen	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
03/14/2024	Biden	Haiti	Protect US citizens, property	Constitution (Art. II)	Combat-equipped introduction (WPR §4(a)(2))	Unknown	Embassy protection	Use of ground forces	Mission-bound but indeterminate	No	Unknown	Unknown
02/05/2024	Biden	Yemen	Respond to threat	Constitution (Art. II)	Hostilities or imminent hostilities (WPR §4(a)(1))	Self-Defense	Non-state actor	Air operations	Scope/duration specified	Yes	Unknown	Unknown