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On the recordJuly 1, 1966
Now, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Executive Order 11289—National Advisory Commission on Selective Service

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