Lyndon Johnson actually said...

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Sections 301 (a) and (f) of Title 37 of the United States Code and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States

Context

Executive Order 11253—Amending Executive Order No. 11157 as it Relates to Incentive Pay for Hazardous Duty

10/19/1965

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