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 The American people stand with
the people of Brussels. We will do whatever it takes, working with
nations and peoples around the world, to bring the perpetrators of
these attacks to justice, and to go after terrorists who threaten
our people.
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of
violence perpetrated on March 22, 2016, in Brussels,Belgium, by the
authority vested in me as President of the United States by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby
order that 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 the District of Columbia and
throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions
until sunset, March 26, 2016. I also direct that the flag shall be
flown at half-staff for the same length of time 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 twenty-second
day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
fortieth.
BARACK OBAMA
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