[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 126, 112th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
PROCLAMATION 8919--DEC. 18, 2012

Proclamation 8919 of December 18, 2012

Death of Senator Daniel K. Inouye, President Pro Tempore of the Senate

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding service of Senator
Daniel K. Inouye, President pro tempore of the Senate, I hereby order,
by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, and consistent with President Nixon's
Proclamation 3948, 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 on the
day of his interment. I further direct that the flag shall be flown at
half-staff for the same period at all United States embas-


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sies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all
military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of
December, 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