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**Assignment of Reporting Function on Iraq Policy Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006**
**Memorandum for the Secretary of State**
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby assign to you the functions of the President under section 1227(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163).
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the *Federal Register* .
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THE WHITE HOUSE,