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Barack Obama: I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that, on…

On the recordApril 25, 2010
I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that, on the day of her 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 8504—Death of Dorothy I. Height

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