Brazil; Drug Interdiction Assistance (Presidential Determination) No. 2010-02 of October 16

Federal Register: October 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 203)

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The President

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Presidential Determination No. 2010-02 of October 16, 2009

Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Brazil

Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the

Secretary of Defense

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.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, October 16, 2009

FR Doc. E9-25552

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