[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 34 (Monday, August 27, 2007)]
[Page 1083]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Presidential Determination on Continuation of United States Drug 
Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia

August 16, 2007

 Presidential Determination No. 2007-28

Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense


Subject: Presidential Determination on Continuation of U.S. Drug 
Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia


    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 2291-4), I hereby certify, with respect to Colombia, that: (1) 
interdiction of aircraft reasonably suspected to be primarily engaged in 
illicit drug trafficking in that country's airspace is necessary because 
of the extraordinary threat posed by illicit drug trafficking to the 
national security of that country; and (2) that country has appropriate 
procedures in place to protect against innocent loss of life in the air 
and on the ground in connection with such interdiction, which shall at a 
minimum include effective means to identify and warn an aircraft before 
the use of force is directed against the aircraft.

    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this 
determination in the Federal Register and to notify the Congress of this 
determination.

                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on August 17. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.