Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 13487E9-1538
Establishment of a Temporary Organization To Facilitate United States Government Support for Afghanistan
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January 22, 2009
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January 16, 2009
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 13 (Thursday, January 22, 2009)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 4097-4098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: E9-1538]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 13 / Thursday, January 22, 2009 /
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Executive Order 13487 of January 16, 2009
Establishment of a Temporary Organization To
Facilitate United States Government Support for
Afghanistan
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 202 of the Revised Statutes
(22 U.S.C. 2656) and section 3161 of title 5, United
States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established within
the Department of State, in accordance with section
3161 of title 5, United States Code, a temporary
organization to be known as the Afghanistan Support
Office (ASO).
Sec. 2. Purpose of the Temporary Organization. The
purpose of the ASO shall be to perform the specific
project of supporting executive departments and
agencies in preventing Afghanistan from becoming a safe
haven for terrorists, facilitating Afghanistan's
progress to self-sufficiency, and maintaining an
effective diplomatic presence in Afghanistan.
Sec. 3. Functions of the Temporary Organization. In
carrying out its purpose set forth in section 2, the
ASO shall:
(a) support executive departments and agencies in
building the civilian capabilities of the Government of
Afghanistan, including expansion of central services by
the Government of Afghanistan, development of a
thriving private sector economy, and improvement in the
governance of Afghanistan's territory and borders; and
(b) perform such other functions related to the
specific project set forth in section 2 as the
Secretary of State (Secretary) may assign.
Sec. 4. Personnel and Administration. The ASO shall be
headed by a Director selected by the Secretary. The ASO
shall be jointly based in Washington, D.C., and
Afghanistan, and the Secretary of State shall seek
accreditation of employees as members of the United
States Embassy Kabul as necessary.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be
implemented in accordance with applicable law, subject
to the availability of appropriations, and consistent
with presidential guidance.
(b) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against
the United States, its agencies, instrumentalities, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
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(c) The ASO shall terminate at the end of the
maximum period permitted by section 3161(a)(1) of title
5, United States Code, unless sooner terminated by the
Secretary.
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(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 16, 2009
[FR Doc. E9-1538
Filed 1-21-09; 11:15 am]
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