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Executive Order 13394

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense

Signed by George Walker Bush on December 22, 2005.

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Signed recordDecember 22, 2005

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Publication record70 FR 76665

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Revoked by EO 13533, March 1, 2010
Revokes EO 13000, April 24, 1996; Memorandum of June 2, 2005
Revoked by EO 13533, March 1, 2010
Revokes EO 13000, April 24, 1996; Memorandum of June 2, 2005

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

Federal Register table of later actionsRevoked by: EO 13533, March 1, 2010 Revokes: EO 13000, April 24, 1996; Memorandum of June 2, 2005

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