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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 8, 2008
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
SUBJECT: Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act
December 4, 2008
Presidential Determination No. 2009-8
Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 7(a) of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45) (the "Act"), I hereby determine that it is necessary, in order to protect the national security interests of the United States, to suspend for a period of 6 months the limitations set forth in sections 3(b) and 7(b) of the Act.
You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this determination to the Congress, accompanied by a report in accordance with section 7(a) of the Act, and to publish the determination in the Federal Register.
This suspension shall take effect after transmission of this determination and report to the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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