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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1999
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Statement on Providing Disaster Assistance to Venezuela,
December 23, 1999
Today I authorized a $20 million drawdown of emergency disaster assistance to support relief operations in Venezuela. This assistance, to be drawn from existing Department of Defense inventories, will augment the $5.5 million we have already committed to Venezuela. These funds will support continued search and rescue operations by U.S. military helicopters now on the scene, airlift of food, shelter, and medicines, water purification systems, and other critical needs.
As I told President Chavez when I spoke to him by telephone on Tuesday, we are deeply saddened by the loss of life and devastation that has taken place in Venezuela. The heroic response of the Venezuelan people to this calamity has left a profound impression on all of us. Through the efforts of our military and USAID, we will continue to do everything possible to help the people of Venezuela. Providing this assistance is not only the right thing to do; it also promotes our interest in ensuring stability in a nation that is a key partner in the hemisphere.
At this holiday season, the people of Venezuela are in our thoughts and prayers.
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Chicago: William J. Clinton, "Statement on Providing Disaster Assistance to Venezuela, December 23, 1999," Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1999 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, December 31, 1999 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995), 35:2680 Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=AAIXWH447YGUR55.
MLA: Clinton, William J. "Statement on Providing Disaster Assistance to Venezuela, December 23, 1999." Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1999, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, December 31, 1999 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995), 35:2680, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=AAIXWH447YGUR55.
Harvard: Clinton, WJ, 'Statement on Providing Disaster Assistance to Venezuela, December 23, 1999' in Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1999. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, December 31, 1999 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995), 35:2680. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=AAIXWH447YGUR55.
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