[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 22, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: E8-25337]


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                Presidential Determination No. 2009-4 of October 15, 
                2008

                
Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to 
                the Government of Brazil

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the 
                Secretary of Defense



                Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012 
                of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
                Year 1995, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2291-4), I hereby 
                certify, with respect to Brazil, that (1) interdiction 
                of aircraft reasonably suspected to be primarily 
                engaged in illicit drug trafficking in that country's 
                airspace is necessary because of the extraordinary 
                threat posed by illicit drug trafficking to the 
                national security of that country; and (2) that country 
                has appropriate procedures in place to protect against 
                innocent loss of life in the air and on the ground in 
                connection with such interdiction, which shall at a 
                minimum include effective means to identify and warn an 
                aircraft before the use of force is directed against 
                the aircraft.

                The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to 
                publish this determination in the Federal Register and 
                to notify the Congress of this determination.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, October 15, 2008

[FR Doc. E8-25337
Filed 10-21-08; 8:45 am]
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