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14 January 2003

Bush Waives Conditions on Weapons Destruction Facility in Russia

(January 14 memorandum for the Secretary of State) (220)
The White House on January 14 released the following memorandum from
President Bush to Secretary of State Colin Powell on the "Waiver of
Conditions on Obligation and Expenditure of Funds for Planning,
Design, and Construction of a Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in
Russia":
(begin text)
The White House 
Office of the Press Secretary 
January 14, 2003
January 10, 2003
Presidential Determination No. 2003-10
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Waiver of Conditions on
Obligation and Expenditure of Funds for Planning, Design, and
Construction of a Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in Russia
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 8144 of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public
Law 107-248) (the "Act"), I hereby certify that waiving the conditions
described in section 1305 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65) is important to the national
security interests of the United States, and include herein, for
submission to the Congress, the statement, justification, and plan
described in section 8144(a) of the Act.
You are authorized and directed to transmit this certification,
including the statement, justification, and plan to the Congress and
to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
(end text)
(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)