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Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 03:28 PM Jul 2012

President Obama Issues Proclamation, Orders Flags Half-Mast [View all]

Source: talkingpointsmemo.com

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As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado, 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, July 25, 2012.

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