[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 20615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7924]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 278]


Delegation by the Secretary of State to the Assistant Secretary 
for Near Eastern Affairs of All Authorities Normally Vested in the 
Under Secretary for Political Affairs

    By virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of the United 
States, including Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2651 a), I hereby delegate to 
William J. Burns, to the extent authorized by law, all authorities 
vested in the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, including all 
authorities vested in the Secretary of State or head of agency that 
have been or may be delegated or re-delegated to the Under Secretary 
for Political Affairs.
    Any authorities covered by this delegation may also be exercised by 
the Secretary of State or the Deputy Secretary of State.
    Any act, executive order, regulation, or procedure subject to, or 
affected by, this delegation shall be deemed to be such act, executive 
order, regulation, or procedure as amended from time to time.
    This delegation shall enter into effect upon signature and shall 
expire upon the appointment and entry upon duty of a new Under 
Secretary for Political Affairs.
    Any re-delegation of authority by the Under Secretary for Political 
Affairs now in effect shall remain in effect.
    This delegation of authority shall be published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: February 25, 2005.
Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-7924 Filed 4-19-05; 8:45 am]
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