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On the recordJanuary 12, 2017
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345, et seq. (the 'Act'), it is hereby ordered that: Section 1. Order of Succession.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Memorandum on Providing an Order of Succession Within the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

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