Memorandum on United States-Israel Cooperation on Affordable Housing and Community Development.(Transcript)(Brief Article)

From: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents | Date: June 26, 2000| Author: Clinton, Bill | Copyright information

June 19, 2000

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Subject: U.S.-Israel Cooperation on Affordable Housing and Community Development

In order to enlarge the framework for policy research studies on affordable housing and related community development, one of our most pressing domestic problems, and to strengthen relations with the State of Israel for the mutual benefit of the citizens of both countrie...

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