[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 27 (Monday, July 9, 2007)]
[Pages 902-903]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 8159--Grant of Executive Clemency

 July 2, 2007

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    Whereas Lewis Libby was convicted in the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia in the case United States v. Libby, 
Crim. No. 05-394 (RBW), for which a sentence of 30 months' imprisonment, 
2 years' supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and a special 
assessment of $400 was imposed on June 22, 2007;
    Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of 
America, pursuant to my powers under Article II, Section 2, of the 
Constitution, do hereby commute the prison terms imposed by the sentence 
upon the said Lewis Libby to expire immediately, leaving intact and in 
effect the two-year term of supervised release, with all its conditions, 
and all other components of the sentence.
    In Witness Thereof, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of 
July, in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven, and

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of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 
thirty-first.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:34 a.m., July 5, 
2007]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on July 6.