IV 
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. 
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 
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 Mili-
tary 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; 
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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 mili-
tary 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 aca-
demics, military tactics, physical fitness, and leader-
ship—all free of tuition; 
Whereas 1,000 cadets graduate each year and are commis-
sioned second lieutenants in the United States Army; 
Whereas 2 Presidents of the United States, 74 Congressional 
Medal of Honor recipients, 88 Rhodes Scholars, 33 Mar-
shall 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— 
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(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 com-
mitted 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 Represent-
atives to transmit a copy of this resolution for ap-
propriate display to the Superintendent of West 
Point. 
Æ 
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