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Barack Obama: “I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the application of the prohibition…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2011
I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Yemen.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Memorandum on Certification and Determination with Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008

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