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Jimmy Carter: I determine it to be in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and in the…

On the recordDecember 9, 1979
I determine it to be in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and in the national security interest of the United States that the functions authorized by chapter 7 of Part II of that Act, relating to air base construction in Israel, be performed without regard to the following additional specified provisions of law:
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Executive Order 12178—Foreign Assistance Functions

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