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Further Amendments to Executive Order 12835, Establishment of the National Economic Council

February 5, 2009 12:00:00 am

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Executive Order 12835 of January 25, 1993, as amended, is further amended by: (a)...

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