Editor's Note: This blog is cross-posted from Invisible Children and first appeared on their website.
Right now, approximately 100 U.S. military advisors are in central Africa, assisting the regional mission to end LRA violence and arrest Joseph Kony. They were first sent to the region in late 2011, as a result of the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, legislation that was passed thanks to the dedicated lobbying of Invisible Children activists like you.
Every six months, the President and a team of his high-level advisors review the advisor mission and decide whether to end it, modify it, or to extend it for an additional six months. The President has continued to extend the mission since late 2011, which is a strong testament to the powerful and determined advocacy that so many of you have done over the past few years.
This August, the advisor mission is up for review once again. And unless the President hears loud and clear from us - and from members of Congress - that this mission needs to continue, there's a chance that he could decide to scale back (or end) the mission. Thanks to some allies in Congress, we have an opportunity to make our case - but we've only got one week to do it. That's why we need your voice right now.
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