[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 45, Number 2 (Monday, January 19, 2009)]
[Pages 89-90]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Eligibility of the Southern African Development Community 
To Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, and the Arms Export Control Act, as 
Amended

January 16, 2009

 Presidential Determination No. 2009-13

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Eligibility of the Southern African Development Community to 
Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, and the Arms Export Control Act, as 
Amended

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the 
laws of the United States, including section 503(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and section 3(a)(1) of the Arms 
Export Control Act, as amended, I hereby find that the furnishing of 
defense articles and defense services to the Southern African 
Development Community will strengthen the security of the United States 
and promote world peace.
    You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination to 
the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

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