[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 51 (Monday, December 22, 2003)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Determination
To Authorize Drawdown for Afghanistan

December 16, 2003

 Presidential Determination No. 2004-15

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Determination to Authorize Drawdown for Afghanistan

    Consistent with the authority vested in me by the Constitution and 
laws of the United States, including section 202 and other relevant 
provisions of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act (Public Law 107-327) 
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 $135 million of 
defense articles, defense services, and military education and training 
from the Department of Defense for the Transitional Islamic State of 
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