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On the recordOctober 14, 2012
I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, that on the day of his interment, the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8890—Death of Arlen Specter

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