Putting in place a new constitution and strengthening your institutions and the rule of law will not only unleash the energy of the youth, deepen the roots of your democracy, and ultimately guarantee your security -- it will also further open the door to major American development programs like the Millennium Challenge.

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Carter added the departments of Energy and Education, neither of which can be justified in the Constitution.

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2012 as National Energy Action Month.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Among the signs that the regime and opposition alike were starting to look toward a post-Mubarak Egypt, Mr. ElBaradei, the Nobel Peace laureate and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said opposition leaders have begun working on a provisional constitution, without specifying who had been invited to draft the document.

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In June last year, the secretary of state for Scotland, Michael Moore, announced that the UK government was commencing a detailed programme of analysis on issues such as the constitution, the economy, public finances and taxation, defence, energy and welfare.

BBC: Scotland politics