US, China forge tentative deal on Chinese activist
BEIJING — The U.S. and China forged the outlines of a deal Friday to
end a diplomatic standoff over legal activist Chen Guangcheng, with
Beijing saying he can apply to go abroad for study and Washington
saying he has been offered an American fellowship.
After three days of fraught, behind-the-scenes and emotional calls by
Chen from a guarded hospital room, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton said progress had been made in granting the activist's
wish to take his family abroad.
She said she was encouraged by a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement
that said Chen may apply to leave the country. Chen has been offered a
fellowship at an American university and may take his family, State
Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said, adding that the U.S.
expects Beijing to quickly process their travel permits, after which
U.S. visas would be granted.
"Over the course of the day, progress has been made to help him have
the future that he wants, and we will be staying in touch with him as
this process moves forward," Clinton said speaking to reporters after
two days of annual strategic talks in Beijing.
The quickly announced steps were positive signs that the governments
were nearing a deal to end one of their most delicate diplomatic
crises in years.
A blind, self-taught lawyer and symbol in China's civil rights
movement, Chen triggered the standoff after he escaped abusive house
arrest in his rural town and sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy in
Beijing last week.
He left six days later under a negotiated deal in which he and his
family were to be reunited at a hospital and then safely relocated in
China so he can formally study law. But he later upended the agreement
by saying they wanted to go abroad.
After arriving at Chaoyang Hospital on Wednesday for treatment of an
injury, Chen said he had no further direct contact with U.S. officials
for nearly two days, fueling a sense of abandonment and fears about
the safety of him, his wife and two children. "I can only tell you one
thing. My situation right now is very dangerous," Chen said told The
Associated Press earlier Friday.
However, Clinton said that Ambassador Gary Locke spoke with Chen on
Friday and that embassy staff and a doctor met him — further positive
signs.
"He confirms that he and his family now want to go to the United
States so that he can pursue his studies," Clinton said.
Chen could not immediately be reached for his response to the latest
developments.
His earlier pleas for U.S. sanctuary, delivered via conversations with
The Associated Press, other foreign media and friends, have resonated
around the world and even become part of Washington politics in a
presidential election year.
On Thursday, he called in to a congressional hearing in Washington,
telling lawmakers he wanted to meet U.S. Secretary of State Clinton,
who is in Beijing for annual security talks. "I hope I can get more
help from her," Chen said.
The Foreign Ministry statement that said Chen was a normal citizen who
may apply to study overseas.
"Chen Guangcheng is currently being treated in hospital. As a Chinese
citizen, if he wants to study abroad he can go through the normal
channels to the relevant departments and complete the formalities in
accordance with the law like other Chinese citizens," the statement
said without elaborating.
While the statement only reiterates the normal rights of a Chinese
citizen, it underscored the government's openness to letting him go
and gives shape to a possible solution: He goes abroad with the
approval of the Chinese government, not the U.S., giving Beijing a
face-saving way out.
Chen has a letter of invitation from New York University, according to
Guo Yushan, a supporter who helped hide Chen in Beijing after his
escape from house arrest, in a Twitter post early Friday.
At a Foreign Ministry briefing, spokesman Liu Weimin also confirmed
that Chen faces no pending criminal charges, indirectly acknowledging
that the house arrest he and his family endured the past 20 months in
their rural home was the retribution of local officials for Chen's
activism. Chen has exposed forced abortions and other abuses in his
community as part of China's population controls.
"According to Chinese laws, he is a regular citizen. He can absolutely
go through regular formalities by normal means," Liu said.
Obstacles remain. It isn't clear if Chen would have to return to his
home province of Shandong to receive a passport, as is normal, and the
statements do not mention his family. His wife was stopped in 2007
from traveling to the Philippines to pick up a humanitarian award for
Chen while he was in prison
More:
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP58d3c402cdf04faeacd602de244b1bd8.html
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*? 2 ALL: TEA PARTY NOT HAPPY WITH CHICAGO'S SARAH PALIN SCULPTURE - WHAT ARE YOUR COMMENTS?*
I think the sculpture should have the body of a pig, and some heavy
smeared lipstick. -T
*? 2 ALL: TEA PARTY NOT HAPPY WITH CHICAGO'S SARAH PALIN SCULPTURE -
WHAT ARE YOUR COMMENTS?*
From Greg D.:
Photos at http://tinyurl.com/7kk8uop
Hi Team!
*? 2 ALL: TEA PARTY NOT HAPPY WITH CHICAGO'S SARAH PALIN SCULPTURE -
John Metcalfe reports on The Atlantic Cities:
"You'd think that folks who love both red meat and Sarah Palin would
rally behind a sculpture devoted to both. But for some reason, the Tea
Party is not happy with this BBQ smoker in the shape of the
conservative firebrand's freedom-filled noggin.
"News organizations have been rooting and snuffling around the immense
Palin head, titled 'We're Having a Tea Parody' (not 'Pear-ody,' as
reported elsewhere), ever since mixed-media artist J. Taylor Wallace
debuted it in 2011 at a Memphis public-art show. The anthropomorphic
cooker hit the news again last week, when Wallace fashioned a meal
with it to celebrate the opening of a new sculpture garden in Chicago.
"A couple notes about its provenance are worth mentioning here. The
sculpture includes an oven for smoking delicious meats because, in
charming Southern fashion, that was a requirement for entry in the
Memphis exhibit. The Palin element is there because Wallace wanted to
make a statement about her rigid, some might say extremist ideology.
"'I know Alaskans have their own issues up there, but helicopter-wolf
killing is not what I'm a big fan of,' he explains. 'A terrifying
prospect to me is, what if she was in charge of the Department of
Interior?" (That could conceivably happen under the reign of President
Newt Gingrich.)
"The Palin cooker's current home is outside the Bridgeport Art Center,
a cultural venue/housing project for artists in Chicago, where it
stands like a screaming Moai head guarding the premises. In its trip
from Tennessee to the Windy City, the sculpture has attracted a lot of
attention, not all of it fawning.
"'I've gotten some really lovely emails, like, 'You suck, and you'll
be the next one to burn,' says Wallace.
"Here are a few choice selections from the artist's inbox:
'It is a matter of time till you are the pig, was it fun for you pig.
'Enjoy your 15 minutes of fame by insulting someone. Looks more like a
morph of H Clinton and R Maddow, anyway.
'I noticed your work of art in the Chicago Tribune this morning. I am
sure you are elated with the exposure you have received.
Unfortunately, you obviously needed to accomplish this by using Sarah
Palin (an easy target) as your inspiration. I hope the feminist groups
in the United States take note of your efforts to humiliate a woman of
intelligence, courage and leadership. The role model that these groups
have promoted over the years to have the opportunity to become
President or Vice President of our nation has been ridiculed by your
'work of art'. I work in the art field, totally enjoy creativity, am
not a feminist, and am totally not impressed by your work. I feel
sorry for the people of Bridgeport and visitors that will be exposed
to your art.'
"'Amid the hate speech, I have also been called 'gay' in what is I
presume an attempt to insult me by a particular demographic of
individuals,' Wallace says. This vehement opposition to the
flavor-imparting Palin dome upset him, at first. 'The point is to have
a conversation.... For people to get so angry over a piece of artwork
is surprising to me.'
"Perhaps their indignation could be explained by the work's unique
design: When the smoker is in operation, it look like Palin's head is
steaming with anger. Or maybe they read that one of the first things
Wallace cooked in the stove was a pig with wings, a comment on some of
her more out-there opinions. (See photo below.) But now he's
reconciled with all the jibes and insults, and dreams of the day when
the ex-governor herself stops by the Bridgeport center for a taste of
his Carolina-style BBQ. 'I think she would like [the sculpture], if
she hung out with it.'
"For any members of the Tea Party reading: If you hate this thing and
want it out of sight ASAP, perhaps the best thing to do would be to
buy it. Wallace says it's for sale to anybody with $14,000."
(above): J. Taylor Wallace and sculpture
Tea Party not happy with Chicago's Sarah Palin sculpture - what are
your comments?
Photos at http://tinyurl.com/7kk8uop
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smeared lipstick. -T
*? 2 ALL: TEA PARTY NOT HAPPY WITH CHICAGO'S SARAH PALIN SCULPTURE -
WHAT ARE YOUR COMMENTS?*
From Greg D.:
Photos at http://tinyurl.com/7kk8uop
Hi Team!
*? 2 ALL: TEA PARTY NOT HAPPY WITH CHICAGO'S SARAH PALIN SCULPTURE -
John Metcalfe reports on The Atlantic Cities:
"You'd think that folks who love both red meat and Sarah Palin would
rally behind a sculpture devoted to both. But for some reason, the Tea
Party is not happy with this BBQ smoker in the shape of the
conservative firebrand's freedom-filled noggin.
"News organizations have been rooting and snuffling around the immense
Palin head, titled 'We're Having a Tea Parody' (not 'Pear-ody,' as
reported elsewhere), ever since mixed-media artist J. Taylor Wallace
debuted it in 2011 at a Memphis public-art show. The anthropomorphic
cooker hit the news again last week, when Wallace fashioned a meal
with it to celebrate the opening of a new sculpture garden in Chicago.
"A couple notes about its provenance are worth mentioning here. The
sculpture includes an oven for smoking delicious meats because, in
charming Southern fashion, that was a requirement for entry in the
Memphis exhibit. The Palin element is there because Wallace wanted to
make a statement about her rigid, some might say extremist ideology.
"'I know Alaskans have their own issues up there, but helicopter-wolf
killing is not what I'm a big fan of,' he explains. 'A terrifying
prospect to me is, what if she was in charge of the Department of
Interior?" (That could conceivably happen under the reign of President
Newt Gingrich.)
"The Palin cooker's current home is outside the Bridgeport Art Center,
a cultural venue/housing project for artists in Chicago, where it
stands like a screaming Moai head guarding the premises. In its trip
from Tennessee to the Windy City, the sculpture has attracted a lot of
attention, not all of it fawning.
"'I've gotten some really lovely emails, like, 'You suck, and you'll
be the next one to burn,' says Wallace.
"Here are a few choice selections from the artist's inbox:
'It is a matter of time till you are the pig, was it fun for you pig.
'Enjoy your 15 minutes of fame by insulting someone. Looks more like a
morph of H Clinton and R Maddow, anyway.
'I noticed your work of art in the Chicago Tribune this morning. I am
sure you are elated with the exposure you have received.
Unfortunately, you obviously needed to accomplish this by using Sarah
Palin (an easy target) as your inspiration. I hope the feminist groups
in the United States take note of your efforts to humiliate a woman of
intelligence, courage and leadership. The role model that these groups
have promoted over the years to have the opportunity to become
President or Vice President of our nation has been ridiculed by your
'work of art'. I work in the art field, totally enjoy creativity, am
not a feminist, and am totally not impressed by your work. I feel
sorry for the people of Bridgeport and visitors that will be exposed
to your art.'
"'Amid the hate speech, I have also been called 'gay' in what is I
presume an attempt to insult me by a particular demographic of
individuals,' Wallace says. This vehement opposition to the
flavor-imparting Palin dome upset him, at first. 'The point is to have
a conversation.... For people to get so angry over a piece of artwork
is surprising to me.'
"Perhaps their indignation could be explained by the work's unique
design: When the smoker is in operation, it look like Palin's head is
steaming with anger. Or maybe they read that one of the first things
Wallace cooked in the stove was a pig with wings, a comment on some of
her more out-there opinions. (See photo below.) But now he's
reconciled with all the jibes and insults, and dreams of the day when
the ex-governor herself stops by the Bridgeport center for a taste of
his Carolina-style BBQ. 'I think she would like [the sculpture], if
she hung out with it.'
"For any members of the Tea Party reading: If you hate this thing and
want it out of sight ASAP, perhaps the best thing to do would be to
buy it. Wallace says it's for sale to anybody with $14,000."
(above): J. Taylor Wallace and sculpture
Tea Party not happy with Chicago's Sarah Palin sculpture - what are
your comments?
Photos at http://tinyurl.com/7kk8uop
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Re: OBAMA'S GIVEAWAY: OIL-RICH ISLANDS TO RUSSIA - seven strategic, resource-laden Alaskan islands
This is very troubling, and I had heard nothing about this. I wonder where our resident "n̶e̶w̶s̶m̶a̶n̶ asshole was for this story?
Thanks for sharing Travis!
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Travis <baconlard@gmail.com> wrote:
BLACK-GOLD BLUES
OBAMA'S GIVEAWAY: OIL-RICH ISLANDS TO RUSSIA
Exclusive: Joe Miller sounds alarm over deal to put land in hands of Putin's Kremlin
Published: 02/16/2012 at 7:55 PM
By Joe Miller
The Obama administration, despite the nation's economic woes, effectively killed the job-producing Keystone Pipeline last month. The Arab Spring is turning the oil production of Libya and other Arab nations over to the Muslim Brotherhood. Iraq is distancing itself from the U.S. And everyone recognizes that Iran, whose crude supplies are critical to the European economy, will do anything it can to frustrate America's strategic interests. In the face of all of this, Obama insists on cutting back U.S. oil potential with outrageous restrictions.
Part of Obama's apparent war against U.S. energy independence includes a foreign-aid program that directly threatens my state's sovereign territory. Obama's State Department is giving away seven strategic, resource-laden Alaskan islands to the Russians. Yes, to the Putin regime in the Kremlin.
The seven endangered islands in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea include one the size of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. The Russians are also to get the tens of thousands of square miles of oil-rich seabeds surrounding the islands. The Department of Interior estimates billions of barrels of oil are at stake.
The State Department has undertaken the giveaway in the guise of a maritime boundary agreement between Alaska and Siberia. Astoundingly, our federal government itself drew the line to put these seven Alaskan islands on the Russian side. But as an executive agreement, it could be reversed with the stroke of a pen by President Obama or Secretary Clinton.
The agreement was negotiated in total secrecy. The state of Alaska was not allowed to participate in the negotiations, nor was the public given any opportunity for comment. This is despite the fact the Alaska Legislature has passed resolutions of opposition – but the State Department doesn't seem to care.
The imperiled Arctic Ocean islands include Wrangel, Bennett, Jeannette and Henrietta. Wrangel became American in 1881 with the landing of the U.S. Revenue Marine ship Thomas Corwin. The landing party included the famed naturalist John Muir. It is 3,000 square miles in size.
Northwest of Wrangel are the DeLong Islands, named for George Washington DeLong, the captain of USS Jeannette. Also in 1881, he discovered and claimed these three islands for the United States. He named them for the voyage co-sponsor, New York City newspaper publisher James Gordon Bennett. The ship's crew received a hero's welcome back in Washington, and Congress awarded them gold medals.
In the Bering Sea at the far west end of the Aleutian chain are Copper Island, Sea Lion Rock and Sea Otter Rock. They were ceded to the U.S. in Seward's 1867 treaty with Russia.
Now is the time for the Obama administration to stand up for U.S. and Alaskan rights and invaluable resources. The State Department's maritime agreement is a loser – it gives us nothing in return for giving up Alaska's sovereign territory and invaluable resources. We won the Cold War and should start acting like it.
The Obama administration must stop the giveaway immediately.
Author's addendum, Feb. 17, 2012: This is not a new issue. In fact the Bush and Clinton administrations are directly at fault for the same inaction. A maritime agreement negotiated by the U.S. State Department set the Russian boundary on the other side of the disputed islands, but no treaty has ratified this action. Consequently, it is within the president's power to stop this giveaway. The Alaska delegation's failure to put pressure on the administration is inexplicable. State Department Watch, an organization that assisted with this article, has confronted each administration and is currently confronting the Obama administration — and has been met by silence. I'm hoping this piece will help reinvigorate efforts to stop this handover.
Joe Miller was the 2010 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from Alaska. He is a West Point graduate and decorated combat veteran from the first Gulf War. A former judge, Joe graduated from Yale Law School and was later awarded an advanced economics degree from the University of Alaska. He is presently chairman of Restoring Liberty Alaska PAC and Restoring Liberty Action Committee. Follow Joe at Facebook and Twitter.
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Re: Leaked U.S. Army Document Outlines Plan For Re-Education Camps In America
There ya go again with that whole Alex Jones/InfoWars stuff again there Travis!
<Grin>!
Good to see ya!
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Obama Signs Executive Order Declaring International Law for the United States
Obama Signs Executive Order Declaring International Law for the United States
Posted on May 2, 2012 by Henry Shivley
On May 1, 2012, our Glorious Leader, Premier Barack Obama AKA Barry Soetoro AKA Barry the Rat, signed yet another Executive Order – Promoting International Regulatory Cooperation. This dictate is designed to standardize regulations between the United States and it's so called trading partners.
What is a regulation? A law. So what is actually being attempted here is a standardization of international law. It is an absolute violation of the Constitution for the United States to legislate our law outside of our borders.
Considering the many international security agreements the traitors occupying our highest seats of power have entered into, this latest executive order can absolutely be used to institute gun confiscation laws/regulations, without any consent by our Congress or our Judicial. And once these foreign laws are brought to the United States under the various security agreements, foreign troops will be brought in to enforce the foreign laws upon the people of the United States.
So look at what we have now.
- The Patriot Act which allows unlimited spying on the American people by the government.
- The National Defense Authorization Act with Sections 1021 and 1022 for the military arrests and indefinite detention of American nationals without any due process of the law.
- HR 347 Trespass Law for the implementation of Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act upon any citizen who dares to speak out against the insurgency.
- Executive Order National Defense Resources Preparedness Act, which allows the dictator to confiscate every resource of the United States, including we the people as conscripts to be put in servitude to the insurgency.
This is exactly what the Bolsheviks did to the Russian people in 1917. Now we have this new executive order for the implementation of laws not legislated by our Congress. If we were to allow ourselves to be disarmed by these international soviet socialists, the next step would be to eliminate everyone who refuses to acquiesce to collective slavery.
This latest executive order is nothing more than another act of blatant treason and we the American people must reject it absolutely.
Here is the Executive Order. Read and interpret it for yourself.
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY COOPERATION
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to promote international regulatory cooperation, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. Executive Order 13563 of January 18, 2011 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review), states that our regulatory system must protect public health, welfare, safety, and our environment while promoting economic growth, innovation, competitiveness, and job creation. In an increasingly global economy, international regulatory cooperation, consistent with domestic law and prerogatives and U.S. trade policy, can be an important means of promoting the goals of Executive Order 13563.
The regulatory approaches taken by foreign governments may differ from those taken by U.S. regulatory agencies to address similar issues. In some cases, the differences between the regulatory approaches of U.S. agencies and those of their foreign counterparts might not be necessary and might impair the ability of American businesses to export and compete internationally. In meeting shared challenges involving health, safety, labor, security, environmental, and other issues, international regulatory cooperation can identify approaches that are at least as protective as those that are or would be adopted in the absence of such cooperation. International regulatory cooperation can also reduce, eliminate, or prevent unnecessary differences in regulatory requirements.
Sec. 2. Coordination of International Regulatory Cooperation. (a) The Regulatory Working Group (Working Group) established by Executive Order 12866 of September 30, 1993 (Regulatory Planning and Review), which was reaffirmed by Executive Order 13563, shall, as appropriate:
(i) serve as a forum to discuss, coordinate, and develop a common understanding among agencies of U.S. Government positions and priorities with respect to:
(A) international regulatory cooperation activities that are reasonably anticipated to lead to significant regulatory actions;
(B) efforts across the Federal Government to support significant, cross-cutting international regulatory cooperation activities, such as the work of regulatory cooperation councils; and
(C) the promotion of good regulatory practices internationally, as well as the promotion of U.S. regulatory approaches, as appropriate; and
(ii) examine, among other things:
(A) appropriate strategies for engaging in the development of regulatory approaches through international regulatory cooperation, particularly in emerging technology areas, when consistent with section 1 of this order;
(B) best practices for international regulatory cooperation with respect to regulatory development, and, where appropriate, information exchange and other regulatory tools; and
(C) factors that agencies should take into account when determining whether and how to consider other regulatory approaches under section 3(d) of this order.
(b) As Chair of the Working Group, the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) shall convene the Working Group as necessary to discuss international regulatory cooperation issues as described above, and the Working Group shall include a representative from the Office of the United States Trade Representative and, as appropriate, representatives from other agencies and offices.
(c) The activities of the Working Group, consistent with law, shall not duplicate the efforts of existing interagency bodies and coordination mechanisms. The Working Group shall consult with existing interagency bodies when appropriate.
(d) To inform its discussions, and pursuant to section 4 of Executive Order 12866, the Working Group may commission analytical reports and studies by OIRA, the Administrative Conference of the United States, or any other relevant agency, and the Administrator of OIRA may solicit input, from time to time, from representatives of business, nongovernmental organizations, and the public.
(e) The Working Group shall develop and issue guidelines on the applicability and implementation of sections 2 through 4 of this order.
(f) For purposes of this order, the Working Group shall operate by consensus.
Sec. 3. Responsibilities of Federal Agencies. To the extent permitted by law, and consistent with the principles and requirements of Executive Order 13563 and Executive Order 12866, each agency shall:
(a) if required to submit a Regulatory Plan pursuant to Executive Order 12866, include in that plan a summary of its international regulatory cooperation activities that are reasonably anticipated to lead to significant regulations, with an explanation of how these activities advance the purposes of Executive Order 13563 and this order;
(b) ensure that significant regulations that the agency identifies as having significant international impacts are designated as such in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, on RegInfo.gov, and on Regulations.gov;
(c) in selecting which regulations to include in its retrospective review plan, as required by Executive Order 13563, consider:
(i) reforms to existing significant regulations that address unnecessary differences in regulatory requirements between the United States and its major trading partners, consistent with section 1 of this order, when stakeholders provide adequate information to the agency establishing that the differences are unnecessary; and
(ii) such reforms in other circumstances as the agency deems appropriate; and
(d) for significant regulations that the agency identifies as having significant international impacts, consider, to the extent feasible, appropriate, and consistent with law, any regulatory approaches by a foreign government that the United States has agreed to consider under a regulatory cooperation council work plan.
Sec. 4. Definitions. For purposes of this order:
(a) "Agency" means any authority of the United States that is an "agency" under 44 U.S.C. 3502(1), other than those considered to be independent regulatory agencies, as defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(5).
(b) "International impact" is a direct effect that a proposed or final regulation is expected to have on international trade and investment, or that otherwise may be of significant interest to the trading partners of the United States.
(c) "International regulatory cooperation" refers to a bilateral, regional, or multilateral process, other than processes that are covered by section 6(a)(ii), (iii), and (v) of this order, in which national governments engage in various forms of collaboration and communication with respect to regulations, in particular a process that is reasonably anticipated to lead to the development of significant regulations.
(d) "Regulation" shall have the same meaning as "regulation" or "rule" in section 3(d) of Executive Order 12866.
(e) "Significant regulation" is a proposed or final regulation that constitutes a significant regulatory action.
(f) "Significant regulatory action" shall have the same meaning as in section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866.
Sec. 5. Independent Agencies. Independent regulatory agencies are encouraged to comply with the provisions of this order.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head thereof;
(ii) the coordination and development of international trade policy and negotiations pursuant to section 411 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2451) and section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171);
(iii) international trade activities undertaken pursuant to section 3 of the Act of February 14, 1903 (15 U.S.C. 1512), subtitle C of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988, as amended (15 U.S.C. 4721 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2171 note);
(iv) the authorization process for the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(c) and its implementing regulations (22 C.F.R. 181.4) and implementing procedures (11 FAM 720);
(v) activities in connection with subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31 of the United States Code, title 26 of the United States Code, or Public Law 111-203 and other laws relating to financial regulation; or
(vi) the functions of the Director of OMB relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
BARACK OBAMA
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