Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of State

Signed by George Walker Bush on December 28, 2001.

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Signed recordDecember 28, 2001

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Publication record67 FR 1599

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Revokes EO 12343, January 27, 1982;

Amended by EO 13261, March 19, 2002

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Federal Register table of later actionsRevokes: EO 12343, January 27, 1982; Amended by: EO 13261, March 19, 2002

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