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Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary October 15, 2008

Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense SUBJECT:
Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Brazil

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Presidential Determination No. 2009-4

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, as amended (22 U.S.C.
2291-4), I hereby certify, with respect to Brazil, that (1) interdiction of
aircraft reasonably suspected to be primarily engaged in illicit drug
trafficking in that country's airspace is necessary because of the
extraordinary threat posed by illicit drug trafficking to the national
security of that country; and (2) that country has appropriate procedures
in place to protect against innocent loss of life in the air and on the
ground in connection with such interdiction, which shall at a minimum
include effective means to identify and warn an aircraft before the use of
force is directed against the aircraft.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this
determination in the Federal Register and to notify the Congress of this
determination.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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