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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release

Presidential Memorandum -- Eligibility of the Multinational Force and Observers to Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT:             Eligibility of the Multinational Force and
                              Observers to Receive Defense Articles and Defense
                              Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
                              and the Arms Export Control Act

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, I hereby find that the furnishing of defense articles and defense services to the Multinational Force and Observers will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, I hereby find that the furnishing of defense articles and defense services to the Multinational Force and Observers will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.

You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination and the accompanying memorandum of justification to the Congress and publish this determination in the Federal Register.

BARACK OBAMA