[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 47 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
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Memorandum Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance to 
Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the International Criminal 
Court

November 21, 2003

 Presidential Determination No. 2004-09

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance to 
Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the International Criminal 
Court

    Consistent with the authority vested in me by section 2007 of the 
American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 (the ``Act''), title II 
of Public Law 107-206 (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.), I hereby:
 <bullet>    Determine that it is important to the national interest of 
            the United States to waive the prohibition of section 
            2007(a) with respect to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, 
            Lithuania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, with respect to military 
            assistance for only certain specific projects that I have 
            decided are needed to support the process of integration of 
            these countries into NATO, or to support Operation ENDURING 
            FREEDOM or Operation IRAQI FREEDOM; and
 <bullet>    Waive that prohibition with respect to the projects 
            referred to above for these countries.
    You are authorized and directed to report this determination and the 
accompanying Memorandum of Justification, prepared by my Administration, 
to the Congress, and to arrange for publication of this determination in 
the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush