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Memorandum To Authorize a Drawdown for Afghanistan and Jordan

February 13, 2003

 Presidential Determination No. 2003-15

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Presidential Determination to Authorize a Drawdown for 
Afghanistan and Jordan

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the laws and Constitution 
of the United States, including section 202 and other relevant 
provisions of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act (Public Law 107-327) 
(the ``Act'') and section 506 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318, I hereby direct the drawdown of up to $165 
million of defense articles, defense services, and military education 
and training from the Department of Defense, $158 million for the 
Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, and $7 million to Jordan to 
assist in its operations in Afghanistan, and further have determined, in 
accordance with section 205 of the Act, that such assistance to Jordan 
is important to the national security interests of the United States.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this 
determination to the Congress and to publish this determination in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush