[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 46355-46356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21550]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2017 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 9647 of September 29, 2017

                
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                As we observe National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 
                our Nation joins in solidarity with those who are 
                currently battling breast cancer and we remember those 
                we have lost to the disease. Too many Americans endure 
                the pain and heartbreak of losing a family member or 
                friend to breast cancer. Memories of our loved ones, 
                and their courage in the face of suffering, drive us to 
                find a cure.

                More than 250,000 American women and 2,000 men will 
                likely be diagnosed with some form of breast cancer in 
                2017. Fortunately, thanks to early detection and 
                improved treatment options, deaths from breast cancer 
                have decreased significantly in the last decade. The 
                First Lady and I encourage all women to talk to their 
                healthcare providers about mammograms and other methods 
                of early detection, and about their risk of developing 
                breast cancer, and what can be done to reduce that 
                risk.

                My Administration is helping pave the way for medical 
                breakthroughs to strengthen our fight against breast 
                cancer by leveraging the tools provided under the 21st 
                Century Cures Act. Our Nation's biomedical research 
                laboratories, universities, and industry innovators are 
                global leaders in discovering, developing, and 
                advancing the medical breakthroughs necessary to better 
                detect, diagnose, and treat breast cancer. Their 
                cutting-edge therapies are redefining breast cancer 
                care and giving patients and families affected by this 
                disease new hope that we will defeat it once and for 
                all.

                During this month, we stand strong for those facing a 
                breast cancer diagnosis, and we take a moment to thank 
                our friends and family who tirelessly lend their 
                support, and we pause to reflect on those we have lost 
                to this terrible disease. Our Nation's researchers, 
                innovators, doctors, nurses, public health 
                professionals, and advocates have helped improve the 
                process and possibility of recovery, and together we 
                hope to forge a future free of breast cancer. By 
                raising awareness of breast cancer and supporting 
                research, prevention, and early detection, we will move 
                closer to eradicating this disease.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim October 2017 as 
                National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I encourage 
                citizens, government agencies, private businesses, 
                nonprofit organizations, the media, and other 
                interested groups to increase awareness of how 
                Americans can fight breast cancer. I also invite the 
                Governors of the States and Territories and officials 
                of other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the 
                United States to join me in recognizing National Breast 
                Cancer Awareness Month.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                second.
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