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**Assignment of Functions Under Section 1265 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181)**
**Memorandum for the Secretary of State**
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby assign to you the reporting function conferred upon the President by section 1265 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181).
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the *Federal Register * .
THE WHITE HOUSE,