mr. yamamoto, and in fact it is necessary to introduce the armed forces of united states into situations where imminent involvement of hostilities is indicated by the circumstances. will the administration follow the war powers act? >> we are following the war powers act in this instance. >> are you acting in serendipity -- acting parallel to the wars act -- war powers act or are you conforming to the war powers act? >> we are respecting the intent of the u.s. congress in providing that. >> are you respecting the law or just the free-floating intend? >> no, the law. >> it is the law the landing you will follow it. thank you, that is all that i needed. >> mr. rivera, my colleague from florida, is recognized. >> with your permission, may i yield to my chairman, mr. rohrabacher. >> yes. >> we have pointed questions, but that should not necessarily indicate whether we support or oppose this particular mission. i happen to believe that missions like this are positive and can play a positive role and a positive strategy post-cold war strategy, helping other people fight for their freedom. but

mr. yamamoto. let's say the nation changes and thank it is necessary to introduce the armed forces of the united states into situations where imminent and involvement with hostilities is indicated by the circumstances. with the administration followed the war powers act? >> we are following the war powers act in this instance. >> are you acting in serendipi serendipity, acting parallel to the war powers act or are you conform to the war powers act? is that act the law of the land you are following? >> we are respecting the intent of the u.s. congress and providing that. spent are you respecting the law or the free floating intense? >> no, the law special is the law of the land and you are going to follow it, is that correct? >> yes. >> that's all i needed. i yield back. >> thank you very much, mr. sherman. >> thank you, madam chair. with your permission may i yield to my subcommittee chair, mr. rohrabacher? >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. let me just a for the record, even though we have que

mr. ambassador yamamoto. >> thank you so very much, madam chairwoman.ery difficult topic. and for the opportunity to brief this committee on the implementation of the ongoing u.s. strategy to help our regional partners mitigate, eliminate the threat posed by the lord's resistance army. we are deeply grateful for congress' widespread report of the recovery act that was signed last year. the legislation sent a very strong message not only the support of congress, but of the american people. that we will help to protect civilians and bring an end to the lra threat. we also want to express our deep appreciation to the hundreds of thousands of americans who have mobilized and expressed their concern for the communities under siege by the lra and also the people who are here today and those who have the courage to stand up to atrocities of the lra. for two decades the lra has terrorized people across central africa. the lra has filled its ranks with abducting tens of thousands of children. from 2005 to 2006, the lra moved from uganda into the more remote bord