[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 2006)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 55993-55994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8303]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 186 / Tuesday, September 26, 2006 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                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 thirty-first. 
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[FR Doc. 06-8303
Filed 9-25-06; 8:45 am]
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