IRAQ/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Notice Regarding the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq
On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the country, and the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq.”
-Donald Trump, “Notice Regarding the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq,” White House Office of the Press Secretary, May 16, 2017