For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 20, 2004

Presidential Determination
August 20, 2004
No. 2004-43

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

THE ADMINISTRATOR, UNITED STATES AGENCY

FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SUBJECT: Determination to Make Available Assistance for Liberia

Consistent with the authority vested in me under the Act Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108-106), under the heading "International Disaster and Famine Assistance," I hereby determine that it is in the national interest and essential to efforts to reduce international terrorism to furnish $86 million in assistance for Liberia from funds made available under that heading.

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.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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