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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Nothing in this order shall be deemed to reduce, limit, or otherwise modify the authority or responsibility of the…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 1962
Nothing in this order shall be deemed to reduce, limit, or otherwise modify the authority or responsibility of the Attorney General to represent the legal interests of the United States.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11048—Administration of Wake Island and Midway Island

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