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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">225.401</ph> Exceptions.</title>
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         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a)(2)(A) If a department or agency considers an individual acquisition of a product to be indispensable for national security or national defense purposes and appropriate for exclusion from the provisions of FAR subpart 25.4, it may submit a request with supporting rationale to the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) (OUSD(A&amp;S)DPC). Approval by OUSD(A&amp;S)DPCAP is not required if—</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">1</i>)  Purchase from foreign sources is restricted by statute (see Subpart 225.70);</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">2</i>)  Another exception in FAR 25.401 applies to the acquisition; or</p>
         <p outputclass="List6" class="- topic/p ">(<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">3</i>)  Competition from foreign sources is restricted under subpart 225.71.</p>
         <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(B)  Public interest exceptions for certain countries when acquiring products or services in support of operations in Afghanistan are in 
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