07 August 1998
(Orders US flag to be flown at half-staff around the world) (400) Washington -- President Clinton issued a proclamation August 7 ordering that as "a mark of respect for those killed in the bombing incidents" outside the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, "the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, Sunday, August 9, 1998. "I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations," the President said. Following is the White House text: (begin text) THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary August 7, 1998 VICTIMS OF THE BOMBING INCIDENTS IN AFRICA -- - -- - -- - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for those killed in the bombing incidents outside the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by section 175 of title 36 of the United States Code, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, Sunday, August 9, 1998. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-third. WILLIAM J. CLINTON (end text)