[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 49 (Monday, December 6, 2004)]
[Pages 2874-2875]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance 
with Respect to Burundi, Guyana, and Liberia

November 29, 2004

 Presidential Determination No. 2005-08

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance with 
Respect to Burundi, Guyana, and Liberia

    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 Burundi, Guyana, and Liberia have each 
            entered into an agreement with the United States pursuant to 
            Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the International 
            Criminal Court from proceeding against U.S. personnel 
            present in such countries; and
<bullet>    Waive the prohibition of section 2007(a) of the Act with 
            respect to these countries for as long as such agreement 
            remains in force.
    You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the 
Congress, and to

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arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on November 30.