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On the recordJanuary 1, 1996
I hereby order, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by section 175 of title 36 of the United States Code, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Proclamation 6860—Death of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke

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