April 06, 2011
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense
Subject: Unified Command Plan 2011
Pursuant to my authority as Commander in Chief, I hereby approve and direct the implementation of the revised Unified Command Plan.
Consistent with title 10, United States Code, section 161(b)(2) and title 3, United States Code, section 301, you are directed to notify the Congress on my behalf.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA
NOTE: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on April 8.
Barack Obama, Memorandum on the Unified Command Plan 2011 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/289791