[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 22 (Monday, June 3, 2002)]
[Pages 936-937]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Provision of $25.5 Million To Support a Train and Equip 
Program in Georgia

May 30, 2002

 Presidential Determination No. 2002-20

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Provision of $25.5 Million to Support a Train and Equip Program 
in Georgia

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the laws and Constitution 
of the United States, including sections 614(a)(2) and 506(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, I hereby determine that it 
is vital to the national security interests of the United States to 
provide up to $4.5 million in fiscal year 1997 and 1998 Foreign Military 
Financing Funds for assistance to Georgia under section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act without regard to any provision of law that might 
otherwise restrict provision of such funds. I further determine that an 
unforeseen emergency exists requiring immediate military assistance for 
Georgia that cannot be met under the Arms Control Export Act or any 
other law, and hereby direct the drawdown of defense articles and 
services from the stocks of the Department of Defense, and military 
education and training of the aggregate value of $21 million to meet 
that emergency requirement. I hereby authorize the furnishing of this 
assistance.
    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 May 31.

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