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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release May 11, 1998
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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JOINT MEXICAN-UNITED STATES DEFENSE COMMISSION
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, and in order to add a member
of the Joint Staff to the Joint-Mexican-United States Defense
Commission, it is hereby ordered that the third paragraph of Executive
Order 9080 of February 27, 1942, as amended by Executive Order 10692 of
December 22, 1956, and by Executive Order 12377 of August 6, 1982, is
further amended to read as follows:
"The United States membership of the Commission shall consist of
an Army member, a Navy member, an Air Force member, a Marine Corps
member, and a Joint Staff member, each of whom shall be designated by
the Secretary of Defense and serve during the pleasure of the
Secretary. The Secretary shall designate from among the United States
members a Chair thereof and may designate alternate United States
members of the Commission."
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 8, 1998.
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