[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 9 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Pages 323-324]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on Ordering the Selected Reserve of the Armed 
Forces to Active Duty

February 24, 1998

To the Congress of the United States:

    Pursuant to title 10, United States Code, section 12304, I have 
authorized the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation 
with respect to the Coast Guard, when it is not operating as a Service 
within the Department of the Navy, to order to active duty Selected 
Reserve units and individuals not assigned to units to augment

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the Active components in support of operations in and around Southwest 
Asia.
    A copy of the Executive order implementing this action is attached.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
February 24, 1998.