U.S. Government activities for Peace in Chad

Intelligence Community

• February 2010: "Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Comittee on Intelligence", by Dennis C. Blair, Director of National Intelligence (Stalled Democratization - Chad p. 36)

Congress

• June 2009: Response by Richard Verma, Assistant Secretary Legislative Affairs, to the May 2009 House letter to Secretary Clinton.
• May 2009: Letter addressed to Secretary Clinton and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, co-signed by 21 House Representatives, asking the White House to develop an explicit Chad policy.
• September 2008: Letter to Secretary Rice from Sen. Feingold admonishing the State Department for providing Security Assistance to Chad and Ethopia in violation of federal law 22U.S.C Section 2304 (a)(3).
• August 2008: Letter to Secretary Rice from U.S. Sen. Russell Feingold, Sen. Mary Landrieu, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Sen. Patrick Leahy and Sen. Christopher Dodd in support of an inclusive peace process in Chad and an expanded U.N. mandate.
• April 2008: S.RES.470 is a resolution calling on the relevant governments, multilateral bodies, and non-state actors in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Sudan to devote ample political commitment and material resources towards achievement and implementation of a negotiated resolution to the natural and regional conflicts in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Darfur, Sudan.
• February 2007: Response from Jeffrey Bergner, Assistant Secretary Legislative Affairs, to Sen. Feingold and Sen. Cardin's letter on Chad.
• December 2006: Letter from Sen. Feingold and Sen. Cardin to Sec. Rice about the deteriorating situations in Chad and it's regional implications.

State Department

• March 2010: U.S. Department of State "2009 Human Rights Report: Chad" by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

• December 2009: Following the meetings on December 24th between Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki and Sudanese Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahuddin, the U.S. expressed its support in a Press Statement (PRN: 2009/1318) for the continued engagement between Chad and Sudan to normalize relations

• June 2009: U.S. Department of State "Trafficking in Persons Report 2009" (Chad p.102 - Tier 3 ) by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

• February 2009: U.S. Department of State "2008 Human Rights Report: Chad" by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
• June 2008: In the wake of another round of rebel attacks the State Dept. in a Press Statement urged the GOC to open lines of communication with the opposition and facilitate dialogue.