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# 10 U.S.C. § 720 - Repealed. Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(g)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2103]

## Notes

Section, added Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 501(9)(A), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2907, related to appointment of Chief of Staff to President.