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PROCLAMATION 8159—JULY 2, 2007
motivated violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon; (d) Persons who, through their business dealings with any of the persons described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section, derive significant financial benefit from, or materially support, policies or actions that deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon’s sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon; and (e) The spouses and dependent children of persons described in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section. Sec. 2. Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply with respect to any person otherwise covered by section 1 where entry of such person would not be contrary to the interests of the United States. Sec. 3. Persons covered by section 1 or 2 of this proclamation shall be identified by the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s designee, in his or her sole discretion, pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary may establish under section 5 of this proclamation. Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate from U.S. Government obligations under applicable international agreements. Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility for implementing this proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary, in the Secretary’s sole discretion, may establish. Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately. It shall remain in effect until such time as the Secretary of State determines that it is no longer necessary and should be terminated, either in whole or in part. Any such determination by the Secretary of State shall be published in the Federal Register. Sec. 7. This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentyeighth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first. GEORGE W. BUSH
Proclamation 8159 of July 2, 2007
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Grant of Executive Clemency By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation WHEREAS Lewis Libby was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case United States v. Libby,
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