SECDEF's Staff's Shameful Message

I'll let you figure it out. Did he approve this wording?

FM SECDEF WASHINGTON DC 

TO ALDODACT 

INFO ZEN/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC 

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UNCLAS 

SUBJ/HALF-STAFFING OF THE NATIONAL FLAG  

ALDODACT 14/15  

ADDRESSEES PASS TO ALL SUBORDINATE COMANDS

1.  AS A MARK OF RESPECT FOR THE VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE PERPETRATED ON DECEMBER 2, 2015, IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION OF DECEMBER 2, 2015, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF UNTIL SUNSET, MONDAY,DECEMBER 7, 2015. 

2.  THE FLAG SHALL BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF ON ALL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND NAVAL VESSELS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. 

RELEASED BY:  MICHAEL L. BRUHN, DOD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 

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UPDATE: Can we call the attacks on 911 simply an aviation mishap? Sure would make everything easier, wouldn't it?