[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 18 (Monday, May 6, 2002)]
[Page 697]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on the Military Drawdown for Georgia

April 24, 2002

 Presidential Determination No. 2002-17

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Military Drawdown for Georgia

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws 
of the United States, including title III (Foreign Military Financing) 
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-429), as amended by title III 
(Foreign Military Financing) of the Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-115), I hereby direct the drawdown of 
defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense 
services from the Department of Defense, and military education and 
training of an aggregate value of $4 million for Georgia, for the 
purposes of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this 
determination to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on April 26. An original was not available for verification of the 
content of this memorandum. This item was not received in time for 
publication in the appropriate issue.