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Bill Clinton: The Secretary of Defense shall provide disaster assistance only at the direction of the President.

On the recordJuly 13, 1995
The Secretary of Defense shall provide disaster assistance only at the direction of the President.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 12966—Foreign Disaster Assistance

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