For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 19, 2003
Presidential Letter
Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
March 18, 2003
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
Consistent with section 3(b) of the Authorization for Use of
Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243),
and based on information available to me, including that in the
enclosed document, I determine that:
(1) reliance by the United States on further diplomatic and other
peaceful means alone will neither (A) adequately protect the
national
security of the United States against the continuing threat posed
by
Iraq nor (B) likely lead to enforcement of all relevant United
Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq; and
(2) acting pursuant to the Constitution and Public
Law 107-243 is consistent with the United States and other
countries
continuing to take the necessary actions against international
terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations,
organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or
aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
Sincerely,
GEORGE W. BUSH
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