In World History, a declaration of independence does exactly that: declare a country's independence from a mother country. For example, the United States declared independence from England, and Comoros declared independence from France.
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The splashdown of Apollo 13 is only a little over an hour away, and the spacecraft is now down to the final component that remains, the Command Module. The damaged Service Module is gone, as is the Lunar Module Aquarius that successfully supported them all the way back from the Moon.
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To make sure Congressional policies were being carried out...I'm almost positive.