[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 19 (Monday, May 15, 2006)]
[Page 883]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Certain Programs To Build the Capacity of Foreign Military 
Forces and Related Reporting Requirements

May 5, 2006

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Subject: Certain Programs to Build the Capacity of Foreign Military 
Forces and Related Reporting Requirements

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws 
of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code and section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163), I direct the Secretary of Defense 
to conduct or support, within available appropriations, programs that 
comply with section 1206 for the following countries: Algeria, the 
Bahamas, Cameroon, Chad, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, 
Indonesia, Jamaica, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Sao 
Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, and Yemen.
    The function of the President under subsection (f) of section 1206 
is assigned to the Secretary of State. In performing such function, the 
Secretary of State should consult with the Secretary of Defense and the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to transmit, on my 
behalf, a copy of this memorandum to the Congress and to publish it in 
the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on May 8.