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- ↑ "Overview of the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs, December 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ↑ Executive Order 13459: Improving the Coordination and Effectiveness of Youth Programs, available at https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080207-15.html