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An executive order in the United States of America is an edict issued by the President of the United States, the head of the executive branch of the United States Government. In other countries, similar edicts may be known as decrees, or orders-in-council. The concept of an executive order is loosely derived from the grant of "executive power" given to the President by Article Two of the United States Constitution, Section 1, and the statement "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" in Article II, Section 3.