I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in and in relation to the Central African Republic.
Barack Obama: “I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and…”
On the recordMay 11, 2014
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the...
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