[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 24 (Monday, June 20, 2005)]
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Memorandum on Determination To Authorize a Drawdown for Afghanistan

June 15, 2005

 Presidential Determination No. 2005-25

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Determination to Authorize a Drawdown for Afghanistan

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the 
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 $161.5 million of 
defense articles, defense services, and military education and training 
from the Department of Defense for the Islamic Republic 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