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21 October 2004

Bush Earmarks Funds to Destroy Chemical Warfare Agents in Albania

Money will come from U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

President Bush has obligated funds for the destruction of chemical warfare agents stockpiled in Albania and named the U.S. Department of Defense as the government agency to carry out the project.

The funds for the project will come from the so-called Nunn-Lugar program -- also known as the U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program -- that is aimed at dismantling weapons of mass destruction.

Following is the presidential determination as released by the White House October 21:

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
October 21, 2004

Presidential Determination
No. 2005-04

October 20, 2004

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Use of Cooperative Threat Reduction Funds in Albania under Section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) (the "Act"), I hereby determine that the obligation and expenditure of Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) funds for the destruction of chemical warfare agents stockpiled in Albania, will permit the United States to take advantage of an opportunity to achieve long-standing nonproliferation goals. I also determine that this project to destroy the chemical warfare agents stockpiled in Albania will be completed within a short period of time and that the Department of Defense is the entity of the Federal Government that is most capable of carrying out this project.

You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination, along with the justification and project description required by section 1308(d)(2) of the Act, to the Congress no later than 10 days after the obligation of funds for this project and to arrange for the publication of this memorandum in the Federal Register.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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