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  2. List of executive actions by Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    They have been issued by different presidents under various names. [8] Listed below are executive orders numbered 10432–10913 signed by United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961). He issued 484 executive orders. [9] His executive orders are also listed on Wikisource, along with his presidential proclamations.

  3. List of United States federal executive orders - Wikipedia

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    Administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Orders Disposition Tables [18] EOs 10432–10913 1953: Executive Order 10450: Charged the heads of federal agencies and the Office of Personnel Management, supported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with investigating federal employees to determine whether they posed security risks.

  4. List of observances in the United States by presidential ...

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    Many of these observances designated by Congress are authorized under permanent law under Title 36, U.S. Code, in which cases the President is under obligation to issue an annual proclamation.

  5. Executive order - Wikipedia

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    Dirck, the most famous executive order was by President Abraham Lincoln when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, which in part contained explicit directions to the Army, the Navy, and other Executive departments: The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order, itself a rather unusual thing in those days.

  6. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    First, there are two procedures for adopting the language of a proposed amendment, either by (a) Congress, by two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, or (b) national convention (which shall take place whenever two-thirds of the state legislatures collectively call for one).

  7. United States presidential doctrines - Wikipedia

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    The Eisenhower Doctrine was announced by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a message to Congress on January 5, 1957. [13] Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state. [14]

  8. Affirmative action in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The modern history begins in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy in 1961 issued Executive Order 10925, which required government contractors to take "affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."

  9. Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    In January 1952, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. announced that Eisenhower's name would be entered in the March New Hampshire primary, even though he had not yet officially entered the race. [1] The result in New Hampshire was a solid Eisenhower victory with 46,661 votes to 35,838 for Taft and 6,574 for Stassen. [8]