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As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence
perpetrated on August 5, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, 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, August 10, 2012.
I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of
time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other
facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and
stations.
The following flag(s) have been
directed to be flown at Half-Staff, or a Flag action has been requested:
- United States Flag
- State Flag
- Agency Flag
- Other Flag action
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of August,
in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
BARACK OBAMA