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The prior Executive Order contained a similar requirement now found at section 3(b)(2)(A) of the newly effective Order requiring that the preemptive effects of the rule be specified.
The FDA concludes that the preemptive effects of the final rule are consistent with the Order.
Finding his woods "infested" with an endangered species, the red-cockaded woodpecker, a North Carolina landowner launched a preemptive strike.
As Arab armies massed on the borders of Israel in 1967, the Israeli Air Force destroyed the air forces of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq with a preemptive strike.
Most lawyers say it makes no legal sense for Clinton to agree to testify, and thus he must be facing political pressure (a theory first put forth by Monday's NYT ) The President can now: 1) Stick with his story and contradict Lewinsky, gambling that he'll win a he-said-she-said battle, or 2) Give a preemptive public speech before his testimony, admitting that he lied to "protect his family."