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On the recordJune 23, 1993
I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to draw down defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense and defense services of the Department of Defense for the purpose of providing disaster relief assistance in Ecuador.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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