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Executive Order 13000

Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of Defense

Signed by William Jefferson Clinton on April 24, 1996.

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Signed recordApril 24, 1996

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Publication record61 FR 18483

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
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Later record

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Revokes EO 12787, December 31, 1991
Revoked by EO 13394, December 22, 2005
Revokes EO 12787, December 31, 1991;; ;
Revoked by EO 13394, December 22, 2005

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

Federal Register table of later actionsRevokes: EO 12787, December 31, 1991;; ; Revoked by: EO 13394, December 22, 2005

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