Honoring the Victims of the Attack in Benghazi, Libya

Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 180 (Monday, September 17, 2012)

Federal Register Volume 77, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2012)

Presidential Documents

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FR Doc No: 2012-22951

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Proclamation 8861 of September 12, 2012

Honoring the Victims of the Attack in Benghazi, Libya

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the memory of John Christopher Stevens, United States Ambassador to Libya, and American personnel killed in the senseless attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, September 16, 2012. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

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FR Doc. 2012-22951

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