[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 13 (Monday, March 31, 2003)]
[Page 390]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13293--Amendment to Executive Order 10448, Establishing 
the National Defense Service Medal

March 28, 2003

    By the authority vested in me as President of the United States and 
as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, and in 
order to extend eligibility for the award of the National Defense 
Service Medal to members in good standing in the Selected Reserve of the 
Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered that Executive 
Order 10448 of April 22, 1953, as amended, is further amended:
    1. by inserting ``or service in good standing in the Selected 
Reserve of the Armed Forces'' after ``active military service'' each 
place it appears; and
    2. by striking ``additional period of active duty'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``additional period.''
    Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise 
affect the exercise of authority granted by Executive Order 12776 of 
October 8, 1991.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 March 28, 2003.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:33 a.m., March 31, 
2003]

Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on 
April 1.