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Barack Obama: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to…”

On the recordAugust 17, 2010
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to ensure the proper safeguarding of information shared with State, local, tribal, and private sector entities, it is hereby ordered as follows.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Executive Order 13549—Classified National Security Information Program for State

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