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Bill Clinton: “The order authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to take such actions as…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 1997
The order authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to take such actions as might be necessary to carry out the purposes of the order.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Message to the Congress Reporting on the National Emergency With Respect to Angola (UNITA)

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