Lyndon Johnson actually said...

The Secretary of Defense is authorized to delegate to one or more of the Secretaries of the military Departments any of the authority conferred upon him by this order.

Context

Executive Order 11404—Providing for the Restoration of Law and Order in the State of Illinois

04/06/1968

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