[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 40 (Monday, October 9, 2006)]
[Page 1708]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Presidential Determination on Drawdown of Commodities and Services From 
the Department of Defense To Support Transport of Indonesian 
Peacekeeping Forces to Lebanon

September 29, 2006

 Presidential Determination No. 2006-26

Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Presidential Determination on Drawdown of Commodities and 
Services from the Department of Defense to Support Transport of 
Indonesian Peacekeeping Forces to Lebanon

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws 
of the United States, including section 552(c)(2) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, I hereby determine that:

 (1)         as a result of an unforeseen emergency, the provision of 
            assistance under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act in amounts 
            in excess of funds otherwise available for such assistance 
            is important to the national interests of the United States; 
            and

 (2)         such unforeseen emergency requires the immediate provision 
            of assistance under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act.

    I, therefore, direct the drawdown of up to $2,999,000 in commodities 
and services from the Department of Defense to support the 
transportation of Indonesian forces in support of the United Nations 
Interim Force in Lebanon.

    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this 
determination 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 October 2.