[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 6 (Monday, February 15, 1999)]
[Pages 215-216]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7167--Death of King Hussein

February 7, 1999

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    Today the world mourns one of its great leaders. A man of principle, 
a powerful force for good, His Majesty King Hussein was the embodiment 
of courage, dignity, and wisdom. Steadfast in his support for Middle 
East peace, he was admired by Americans and beloved by his country. King 
Hussein was an extraordinary statesman and a true friend of the United 
States.
      
    As a mark of respect for the memory of King Hussein, I hereby order, 
by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 
laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States 
shall be flown at half-staff 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 his interment. I also 
direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff during this same 
period at all United States embassies, 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 seventh day of 
February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and 
of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 
twenty-third.

                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:27 a.m., February 9, 
1999]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on 
February 10.

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