Determination to Authorize Drawdown for Afghanistan

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Title 3--
The President

Presidential Determination No. 2004-15 of December 16,
2003

Determination to Authorize Drawdown for
Afghanistan

Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the
Secretary of Defense

Consistent with the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of the United States, including
section 202 and other relevant provisions of the
Afghanistan Freedom Support Act (Public Law 107-327)
and section 506 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318, I hereby direct the
drawdown of up to $135 million of defense articles,
defense services, and military education and training
from the Department of Defense for the Transitional
Islamic State of Afghanistan.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to
report this determination to the Congress and to
arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

(Presidential Sig.)B

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, December 16, 2003.