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Thursday, August 7, 2014

PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM-CONTINUATION OF U.S. DRUG INTERDICTION ASSISTANCE TO COLOMBIA

FROM:  THE WHITE HOUSE 

Presidential Memorandum -- Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia

August 7, 2014
Presidential Determination
No. 2014-12

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
                                       THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SUBJECT: Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia
By the authority vested in me as President 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 Colombia, 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) Colombia 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.
BARACK OBAMA

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