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United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1353
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia,
October 16, 2008
Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the emergency declared with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia is to continue in effect beyond October 21, 2008.
The circumstances that led to the declaration on October 21, 1995, of a national emergency have not been resolved. The actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States and to cause unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain economic pressure on significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia by blocking their property and interests in property that are in the United States or within the possession or control of United States persons and by depriving them of access to the U.S. market and financial system.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush
Note: Identical letters were sent to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the Senate. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on October 17.
Chicago: George W. Bush, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1353 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1353 Original Sources, accessed May 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TY74FJKJL2F4BIV.
MLA: Bush, George W. United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1353, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1353, Original Sources. 19 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TY74FJKJL2F4BIV.
Harvard: Bush, GW, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1353. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 17, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1353. Original Sources, retrieved 19 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TY74FJKJL2F4BIV.
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