Barack Obama actually said...

All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty for the last half of the scheduled workday on Thursday, December 24, 2009.

Context

Executive Order 13523—Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies on Thursday

12/10/2009

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