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On the recordJanuary 14, 1981
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including the Hostage Relief Act of 1980.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Executive Order 12268—Hostage Relief Act of 1980

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