    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 6 (Monday, February 13, 2006)]
    [Pages 195-196]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Proclamation 7980--Death of Coretta Scott King

    February 6, 2006

    By the President of the United States

    of America

    A Proclamation

        As a mark of respect for the memory of Coretta Scott King, I hereby
    order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the
    United States of America, that on February 7, 2006, the day of her
    interment, 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

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    the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its
    Territories and possessions until sunset on such day. I also direct that
    the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the 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 sixth day of
    February, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
    thirtieth.
                                                    George W. Bush

    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., February 8,
    2006]

    Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on
    February 9.