Clinton "finds" $5m for Iraqi opposition

[Doug Henwood]

From: The White House <Publications-Admin at pub.pub.whitehouse.gov>
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                             THE WHITE HOUSE

                      Office of the Press Secretary

                            (Atlanta, Georgia)
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                   October 29, 1999

                             October 29, 1999

 

                         Presidential Determination

                                No. 2000-05

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

                THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SUBJECT:   Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of

            Drawdown Assistance to the Iraqi National

            Congress Under Section 4(a)(2) of the Iraq

            Liberation Act of 1998

Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United
States, including section 4(a)(2) of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
(Public Law 105-338) (the "Act"), and consistent with Presidential
Determination 99-13 of February 4, 1999, I hereby direct the furnishing
of up to $5 million in defense articles from the stocks of the
Department of Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense,
and military education and training in order to provide assistance to
the Iraqi National Congress.

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.

                            WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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