[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 50 (Monday, December 16, 2002)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Authorization To Furnish Drawdown Assistance to the Iraqi 
Opposition Under the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998

December 7, 2002

 Presidential Determination No. 2003-06

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Presidential Determination on Authorization to Furnish Drawdown 
Assistance to the Iraqi Opposition under the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United 
States, including under sections 4(a)(2) and 5(a) of the Iraq Liberation 
Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-338) (the ``Act''), and consistent with 
Presidential Determination 99-13, I hereby direct the furnishing of up 
to $92 million in defense articles from the Department of Defense, 
defense services from the Department of Defense, and military education 
and training in order to provide assistance to the following 
organizations:

    Iraqi National Accord;
    Iraqi National Congress;
    Kurdistan Democratic Party;
    Movement for Constitutional Monarchy;
    Patriotic Union of Kurdistan;
    Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq;

    and to such other Iraqi opposition groups designated by me under the 
Act before or after this determination. The assistance will be allocated 
in accordance with plans being developed by the Department of Defense 
and the Department of State.
    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 December 9.