ALERT: President Orders Flags To Half Staff for France
In honor of the victims of the attack in Nice, France, President Obama has ordered all flags to be flown at half-staff through sunset, July 19, 2016.
The last half-staff proclamation, issued in response to the Texas shooting, was in effect through sunset, July 12, 2016.
This is the text of the current proclamation:
Presidential Proclamation — Honoring the Victims of the Attack in Nice, France
HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK IN NICE, FRANCE
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
As a mark of respect for the victims of the attack perpetrated on July 14, 2016, in Nice, France, 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, July 19, 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 fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
BARACK OBAMA