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Obama Orders Flags Flown At Half-Staff

by Igor Bobic
12.14.12 | 10:10 am

President Obama ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and elsewhere until sunset, December 18, per a presidential proclamation on Friday.

Igor Bobic Igor Bobic is the assistant editor of Talking Points Memo, helping oversee the site's coverage of politics and policy in Washington. While originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Igor feels best at home on the beaches of Southern California. He can be reached at igor@talkingpointsmemo.com.
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