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Barack Obama: “I determine that the transaction... is essential to the national security interests of the United States.”

On the recordDecember 7, 2016
I determine that the transaction... is essential to the national security interests of the United States.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Presidential Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 2249a of Title 10

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