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

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Memorandum on Emergency Military Assistance to Afghanistan

April 27, 2002

 Presidential Determination No. 2002-18

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Determination to (1) Waive Section 512 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2002 (Public Law 107-115) and Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended to Provide Assistance to Afghanistan and (2) 
Authorize a Drawdown Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as Amended, to Provide Emergency Military Assistance to 
Afghanistan

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws 
of the United States, including section 512 of the Kenneth M. Ludden 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-115)(FOAA) and 
sections 506(a)(1) and 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1) (FAA), I hereby determine that:
 (1)         assistance to Afghanistan is in the national interest of 
            the United States; and
 (2)         an unforeseen emergency exists that requires immediate 
            military assistance to the Government of Afghanistan for 
            purposes of training and equipping the Afghan national armed 
            forces; and the emergency requirement cannot be met under 
            the authority of the Arms Export Control Act or any other 
            law except section 506(a)(1) of the FAA.
    Accordingly, I hereby waive section 512 of the FOAA and section 
620(q) of the FAA with respect to assistance to Afghanistan. Further, I 
hereby direct the drawdown of up to $2 million of defense articles, 
services, and training from the inventory and resources of the 
Department of Defense for military assistance for Afghanistan.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this 
determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on May 2. An original was not available for verification of the content 
of this memorandum.