Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 71, No. 186 

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 8055 of September 21, 2006 

National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week, 

2006 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

In times of war or crisis, the citizen-soldiers of our National Guard and 

Reserve are ready and willing to answer the call of duty. During National 

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week, we express our deep 

gratitude to these brave men and women and to the employers who support 

them and enable them to serve. 

Members of the National Guard and Reserve put on the uniform of the 

United States when our country needs them most. In the war on terror, 

thousands of these civilians from all walks of life have been called away 

from their jobs and families and mobilized for duty around the world. 

They are performing many different missions, but all are working to deliver 

the blessings of freedom to people who have not known liberty. 

Here at home, the National Guard is working to protect our borders, and 

National Guard personnel and Reservists help rebuild communities and 

bring comfort, security, and healing to individuals in the aftermath of hurricanes and other natural disasters. The dedicated service of our National 

Guard and Reserve personnel is vital to the security of our Nation, and 

these patriots are an inspiration and source of pride to all Americans. 

We also appreciate the commitment of the civilian employers of these courageous men and women. By providing time off, pay, health care benefits, 

and job security, these employers help members of the National Guard 

and Reserve and their families serve our country and prepare for their 

return to civilian life. In offices, schools, factories, and small businesses 

across America, employers operate without some of their most talented 

people, and America appreciates their support and the support they provide 

to their employees in our National Guard and Reserve. 

National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week is an important 

opportunity to express our country’s debt of gratitude to the men and women 

of the National Guard and Reserve and to all the employers who stand 

behind these dedicated individuals. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 24 through 

September 30, 2006, as National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve 

Week. I encourage all Americans to join me in expressing our thanks to 

members of our National Guard and Reserve and their civilian employers 

for their patriotic sacrifice on behalf of our Nation. I also call upon State 

and local officials, private organizations, businesses, and all military commanders to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first 

day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtyfirst. 

[FR Doc. 06–8303 

Filed 9–25–06; 8:45 am] 

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