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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 747 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 747

  Congratulating the United States Military Academy at West Point on 
   being named by Forbes magazine as America's Best College for 2009.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2009

 Mr. Hall of New York (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. 
 Tiahrt) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION

 
  Congratulating the United States Military Academy at West Point on 
   being named by Forbes magazine as America's Best College for 2009.

Whereas Forbes magazine has named the United States Military Academy at West 
        Point as America's Best College for 2009;
Whereas U.S. News & World Report has named West Point as the Best Public Liberal 
        Arts College in the United States;
Whereas U.S. News & World Report has consistently rated West Point's 
        undergraduate engineering program as among the best in the United 
        States;
Whereas the United States has had a military presence at West Point since the 
        Revolutionary War because of its strategic position overlooking the 
        Hudson River;
Whereas General George Washington selected Thaddeus Kosciuszko to design West 
        Point's fortifications in 1778;
Whereas West Point is the oldest continuously occupied military post in America;
Whereas President Thomas Jefferson established the United States Military 
        Academy at West Point in 1802;
Whereas West Point has educated many of the United States Army's commissioned 
        officers;
Whereas West Point instructs 4,400 cadets per year in academics, military 
        tactics, physical fitness, and leadership--all free of tuition;
Whereas 1,000 cadets graduate each year and are commissioned second lieutenants 
        in the United States Army;
Whereas 2 Presidents of the United States, 74 Congressional Medal of Honor 
        recipients, 88 Rhodes Scholars, 33 Marshall Scholars, and 28 Truman 
        Scholars have graduated from West Point;
Whereas, in addition to academics and military training, West Point offers 
        extracurricular activities that include 115 athletic and non-sport clubs 
        and the Eisenhower Hall Theatre; and
Whereas West Point offers a well-rounded, highly regarded education to the next 
        generation of the Nation's leaders: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) congratulates the United States Military Academy at 
        West Point on being named by Forbes magazine as America's Best 
        College for 2009;
            (2) supports West Point's mission ``to educate, train, and 
        inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a 
        commissioned leader of character committed to the values of 
        Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional 
        excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the 
        United States Army''; and
            (3) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to 
        transmit a copy of this resolution for appropriate display to 
        the Superintendent of West Point.
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