THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release October 12, 2000
DEATH OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBERS
ABOARD THE UNITED STATES SHIP COLE
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
As a mark of respect for those who died on the United States Ship COLE, I
hereby order, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by
the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of
the United States shall be flown at half-staff 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, Monday, October 16,
2000. 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
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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