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Executive Order 13557 of November 4, 2010

Providing an Order of Succession Within the

Department of Justice

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., it is hereby ordered that:

Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the following officers, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney

General, during any period in which the Attorney

General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Associate

Attorney General, and any officers designated by the

Attorney General pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 508 to act as

Attorney General have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General, until such time as at least one of the officers mentioned above is able to perform the functions and duties of that office:

(a) United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia;

(b) United States Attorney for the District of

Minnesota; and

(c) United States Attorney for the District of

Arizona.

Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 of this order in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as

Attorney General pursuant to this order.

(b) No individual listed in section 1 shall act as

Attorney General unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Federal Vacancies Reform

Act of 1998.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, the President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this order in designating an acting Attorney General.

Sec. 3. Executive Order 13481 of December 9, 2008, is revoked.

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Sec. 4. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

November 4, 2010.

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