Ronald Reagan: “It is ordered that the Secretary of Defense and, as designated by him for this purpose, any of the Secretaries, Under…”

“It is ordered that the Secretary of Defense and, as designated by him for this purpose, any of the Secretaries, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Military Departments, are hereby empowered to exercise the discretionary authority granted to the President by subsection 806(a)(2) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1986”