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Article: Letter to Congressional leaders reporting on the national emergency with respect to the Taliban.(by Pres Bill Clinton)(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- July 12, 1999
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July 4, 1999
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
Pursuant to section 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b) and section 301 of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1631, I hereby report that I have exercised my statutory authority to declare a National emergency with respect to the threat to the United States posed by the actions and policies of the Afghan Taliban and have issued an executive order to deal with this threat.
The actions and policies of the Afghan Taliban pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. The Taliban continues to ...