[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2012)]
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Vol. 77

Tuesday,

No. 162

August 21, 2012

Part III





The President





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Presidential Determination No. 2012-13 of August 10, 2012--Continuation 
of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia
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                Presidential Determination No. 2012-13 of August 10, 
                2012

                
Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance 
                to the Government of Colombia

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

                Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President 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 Colombia, 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) 
                Colombia 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, August 10, 2012.

[FR Doc. 2012-20736
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